WDM add/drop multiplexer module

US6804116B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Redfern Braodband Networks, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Mark J. Owens · Parramatta, AU
• Chia Seiler · Bairnsdale, AU
• Brian Robert Brown · Chatswood, AU
• Mark Bonwick · Chatswood, AU
• Quentin Scott · Hornsby, AU
• Robert Goh · Brisbane, AU
• Ross Halgren · Mona Vale, AU

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 18, 2002
• Grant date: Oct 12, 2004
• Expiry date: Dec 18, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04J14/0201
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A chassis member for carrying at least one circuit board for use in a WDM add/drop multiplexer unit, wherein the chassis member is adapted, in use, to function as a heatsink for a heat generating component mounted on the circuit board.