System including a module

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9606313-B2
Application number	US-201514822281-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 10, 2015
Priority date	Jul 26, 2010
Publication date	Mar 28, 2017
Grant date	Mar 28, 2017

Abstract

A system includes a chassis and a slot in the chassis. The slot has a depth dimension along which a removable module may be moved to insert the module in the slot and remove the module from the slot. The system includes waveguides, which have couplers that are arranged at different depths of the slot to couple the waveguides to the module in response to the module being inserted into the slot.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An optical computing system comprising: a chassis; a slot in the chassis along which a removable module is moved to insert the module in the slot and remove the module from the slot; and a plurality of optical waveguides, each waveguide among the plurality of waveguides having U-shaped connectors and alignment guides arranged at different distances from a side of the slot to couple the waveguides to the module in response to the module being inserted into the slot, wherein the U-shaped connectors are arranged in a stair step pattern relative to a first side of the module.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of waveguides are arranged in a plane.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the U-shaped connectors couple the removable module to another removable module.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of waveguides are arranged at different distances.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the U-shaped connectors differ in shape and size from each other.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the slot has a cross-section dimension orthogonal to the alignment guides, and the U-shaped connectors are arranged at different positions along the cross-sectional dimension.

7. An optical computing system comprising: a chassis; a plurality of slots along which a first set of removable circuit boards and a second set of removable circuit boards are inserted and removed; and a first set of optical waveguides, each waveguide among the first set of waveguides having a first plurality of U-shaped connectors and a first plurality of alignment guides arranged at different distances from the plurality of slots to optically couple the waveguides to the first set of removable circuit boards, wherein the U-shaped connectors are arranged in a stair step pattern relative to first sides of the first set of removable circuit boards.

8. The system of claim 7 , further comprising: a second set of optical waveguides comprising a second plurality of alignment guides and a second plurality of U-shaped connectors to optically couple the waveguides of the second set of optical waveguides to the second set of removable circuit boards, wherein the second plurality of U-shaped connectors are arranged in a stair step pattern relative to first sides of the second set of removable circuit boards.

9. The system of claim 7 , wherein the waveguides of the first set are arranged in a plane.

10. An optical computing system comprising: a chassis; a slot in the chassis along which a removable module is moved to insert the module in the slot and remove the module from the slot; and a plurality of optical waveguides, each optical waveguide among the plurality of optical waveguides having U-shaped connectors and alignment guides arranged at different distances from a side of the slot to couple the optical waveguides to the module in response to the module being inserted into the slot, wherein the U-shaped connectors and alignment guides are arranged in a stair step pattern relative to a first side of the module, and wherein the U-shaped connectors and alignment guides differ in shape and size from each other.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein each optical waveguide among the plurality of optical waveguides is arranged in a plane.

12. The system of claim 10 , wherein the U-shaped connectors couple the removable module to another removable module.

13. The system of claim 10 , wherein the slot has a cross-section dimension orthogonal to the alignment guides, and the U-shaped connectors are arranged at different positions along the cross-sectional dimension.

Assignees

• Hewlett Packard Development Co Lp
• Hewlett Packard Entpr Dev Lp

Inventors

• Roesner Arlen L
• Rosenberg Paul Kessler
• Tan Michael Renne Ty

Classifications

• G02B6/3897

  Connectors fixed to housings, casing, frames or circuit boards (G02B6/44528 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G02B6/42

  Coupling light guides with opto-electronic elements · CPC title

• G02B6/43 Primary

  Arrangements comprising a plurality of opto-electronic elements and associated optical interconnections · CPC title

• G02B6/389

  characterised by the method of fastening connecting plugs and sockets, e.g. screw- or nut-lock, snap-in, bayonet type · CPC title

• G02B6/4292

  the light guide being disconnectable from the opto-electronic element, e.g. mutually self aligning arrangements · CPC title