OPTICAL CONNECTOR AND A METHOD OF CONNECTING A USER CIRCUIT TO AN OPTICAL PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD
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Sep 15, 2011
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Mar 12, 2010
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The invention provides an optical connector for connecting a user circuit to an optical backplane, in which the backplane has one or more waveguides on it for carrying optical signals, the connector comprising: a first optical interface provided on the user circuit for receiving optical signals from the backplane or for transmitting optical signals for passage along the one or more waveguides; a second optical interface provided on the backplane for receiving optical signals from the user circuit or for transmitting optical signals to the user circuit; alignment features provided on each of the user circuit and the backplane arranged to align the first and second optical interfaces such that upon insertion of the user circuit to the backplane, the optical interfaces are aligned in the direction of insertion.
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