Patent ID: 7044656

Claim:
An adapter module for interfacing a 300 pin system with an XFP optical transceiver module, the adapter module comprising: a 300 pin connector adapted to couple to a 300 pin mating connector on a 300 pin system; a parallel transmit bus coupled to the 300 pin connector and adapted to carry a parallel data transmission; a multiplexer coupled to the parallel transmit bus, wherein the multiplexer is configured to convert a parallel transmission into a serial high-speed XFI data transmission; an XFI connector coupled to the multiplexer through a serial transmit line, wherein the XFI connector is adapted to couple to an XFP module; a demultiplexer coupled to the XFI connector by a serial receive line, wherein the demultiplexer is adapted to convert a serial high-speed XFI data stream into a parallel data stream; and a parallel receive bus coupled to the demultiplexer wherein the parallel receive bus is adapted to transmit a parallel data stream from the demultiplexer to the 300 pin connector.