Patent ID: 7576997

Claim:
An apparatus for converting connectors of one type on a backplane to connectors of another type, comprising: a printed circuit board having four smaller edges and two larger opposing sides; a plurality of connectors of a first type disposed on one opposing side of the printed circuit board, the first type of connectors selected to cooperatively mate with a plurality of connectors of the first type disposed on the backplane; and a plurality of connectors of a second type disposed on the other opposing side of the printed circuit board, the second type of connectors being different from the first type of connectors, whereby the printed circuit board plugs into the backplane via mating some of the plurality of connectors of the first type on the backplane to the plurality of connectors of the first type on the printed circuit board, wherein the first type of connectors are DS1 connectors and the second type of connectors are DS3 connectors.