Optical active connector plug for LAN and its connector port

• Main Authors: Inagaki, Shuichiro, Iwasaki, Noboru, Ando, Yasuhiro, Tanaka, Nobuyuki, Yanagibashi, Mitsuaki, Ishimine, Nobuo, Kaizu, Katsumi
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 06.07.2004

The present invention relates to an optical active connector plug for local area network (hereinafter, it is referred as "LAN") and its connector port. Particularly, the present invention relates to an optical active connector plug in a type of a modular plug having eight wires and eight wires/contacts (hereinafter, it is referred as "having eight wires/contacts") and its connector port, and specified ones of the four pairs of plug contacts, wherein an optical signal can be transmitted between LAN devices without converting electric interface of the modular plug having eight contacts of the LAN device and means for converting electric signals and optical signals is provided in an inside of a connector case. LAN device and tools can be connected only by optical fiber cables without providing a space for additional LAN devices and tools and changing an electric connector interface of the LAN devices and tools already established. Heat radiation produced in a connector can be effectively discharged and electromagnetic wave can be prevented from radiating to an exterior of the connector