Optical interconnect

US9011020B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. · US

Inventors

• Michael Renne Ty Tan · Menlo Park, US
• Paul Kessler Rosenberg · Sunnyvale, US
• Huel Pei Kuo · Cupertino, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 6, 2010
• Grant date: Apr 21, 2015
• Expiry date: Jul 6, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B6/322
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An optical interconnect includes an optical fiber which terminates in a interconnect body and a micro lens which collimates light exiting the optical fiber to produce a collimated beam. A first personality module is configured operate on the collimated beam; the first personality module being aligned with and detachably connected to the interconnect body. The optical interconnect is configured to be inserted into a socket in an optical backplane, the first personality module being further configured to operate on light passing from the optical backplane into the optical interconnect.