Patent ID: 7587116

Claim:
A circuit module, comprising: a housing defining an interior; a plurality of fiber optic connectors extending from a front face or a rear face of the housing; at least one electrical connector extending from the front face or the rear face of the housing; a circuit board positioned in the interior of the housing; a plurality of fiber optic cables connecting the fiber optic connectors to the circuit board; a separator plate including a main body with a first side and a second side, and a plurality of legs that extends perpendicularly from the second side of the main body; an optical switch mounted to the circuit board positioned in the interior of the housing, the fiber optic cables connecting the fiber optic connectors to the optical switch; and a plurality of optical splitters mounted to the first side of the separator plate; wherein the separator plate is positioned between the fiber optic cables and the circuit board, and the plurality of legs extends from the second side of the main body and are coupled to a first wall of the housing so that the circuit board is surrounded by the separator plate and is located between the second side of the main body and the first wall, and the first side of the separator plate and an opposite second wall of the housing defining a space in which the fiber optic cables are managed.