Patent ID: 8083417

Claim:
An adaptor comprising: an optical transceiver electrical connector having physical and electrical characteristics that are defined by an optical transceiver standard; an active cable electrical receptacle having at least some physical characteristics that are defined by the optical transceiver standard and electrical characteristics that are defined by an electrical connection standard that differs from the optical transceiver standard, the active cable electrical receptacle configured to electrically connect to an electrical connector of an active cable that communicates over much of its length using optics, the active cable electrical receptacle being in electrical communication with the optical transceiver electrical connector; circuitry coupled between the optical transceiver electrical connector and the active cable electrical receptacle, the circuitry being configured to perform adaptation of a plurality of electrical signals communicated between the optical transceiver electrical connector and the active cable electrical receptacle; and a power conditioner configured to regulate power between a power supply of the adaptor and a power supply of the active cable.