公开(公告)号：US11177614B2

公开(公告)日：2021-11-16

申请号：US16619246

申请日：2018-06-06

Applicant: Samtec, Inc.

Inventor： Keith R. Guetig ,  Thomas A. Hall, III ,  Andrew R. Collingwood ,  John L. Nightingale ,  Eric J. Zbinden

IPC: H01R13/631 ,  H01R13/26 ,  H01R13/52

Abstract: A cage assembly includes a cage including a top wall and a bottom wall and an electrical receptacle positioned between the top wall and the bottom wall such that the electrical receptacle floats within the cage in opposite directions between the top wall and the bottom wall.

公开(公告)号：US10114182B2

公开(公告)日：2018-10-30

申请号：US15261295

申请日：2016-09-09

Applicant: Samtec, Inc.

Inventor： Eric J. Zbinden ,  Thomas A. Hall, III

IPC: G02B6/42 ,  G02B6/38

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a heat dissipation module with a first end and a second end opposed to the first end and two receptacle connectors located at the second end. The first and second ends define a transceiver-mating direction such that, when a transceiver is inserted into the first end of the heat dissipation module in the transceiver-mating direction, the transceiver mates with one of the two receptacle connectors, and in the heat dissipation module, air flows parallel to the transceiver-mating direction between the first and second ends and flows between the two receptacle connectors.

公开(公告)号：US09819413B2

公开(公告)日：2017-11-14

申请号：US15435807

申请日：2017-02-17

Applicant: Samtec, Inc.

Inventor： Joshua R. Cornelius ,  Eric J. Zbinden ,  William J. Kozlovsky ,  David A. Langsam

IPC: G01N21/00 ,  H04B10/079 ,  G02B6/42 ,  H04B10/67

CPC classification number: H04B10/07955 ,  G01M11/3145 ,  G01M11/335 ,  G02B6/4225 ,  G02B6/4246 ,  G02B6/4249 ,  G02B6/4269 ,  G02B6/428 ,  G02B6/4286 ,  G02B6/4295 ,  G02B6/43 ,  H04B10/672

Abstract: A method for determining receiver coupling efficiency includes varying optical power inputted into a half active optical cable to determine a maximum optical power at which the TIA squelches and determining a receiver coupling efficiency by calculating a ratio of a threshold optical power to the maximum optical power at which the TIA squelches. A method of determining link loss in a channel includes varying optical power of a light source to determine the maximum optical power at which the TIA squelches and determining the link loss in the channel by subtracting the maximum optical power from the threshold optical power. A method of determining link topology includes selecting a pattern of optical powers and matching a pattern of squelched and non-squelched outputs with the pattern of optical power. An active optical cable includes memory storing a value related to an initial link loss of the active optical cable.