Patent ID: 6876838

Claim:
An electrical transceiver module comprising: a housing having a first end, a second end and a main body portion therebetween having a first width and a first height; a printed circuit board mounted within the housing and having circuit traces and electrical components mounted to the printed circuit board; a host device connector at the first end providing for the module to be pluggably connected; a base member at the second end having a second width that is greater than the first width; and a peripheral device connector having a rectangular shaped connector housing and a receptacle opening formed by the connector housing, the receptacle opening at its broadest point having a third width that is approximately equal to or greater than the first width and the receptacle opening at its broadest point having a second height that is approximately equal to or greater than the first height and the peripheral device connector is mounted to the base member so that the connector housing and the base combine to provide an enlarged profile greater than the main body profile and the peripheral device connector having contacts protruding beyond the connector housing and electrically connected to the circuit traces of the printed circuit board.