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Active optical cable and method and apparatus for performing power management therein

An optical cable and optical fiber technology, applied in the field of active optical cables

Active Publication Date: 2015-09-30
AVAGO TECH INT SALES PTE LTD
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Thus, the AOC's plug will not mate with a standard receptacle (such as a standard USB or USB3 receptacle), but only with receptacles that are customized to mate with the AOC plug

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[0016] The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for performing power management in an AOC having an AOC configured to mate with a standard USB socket. The term "standard USB" or "USB standard" as used herein is intended to mean any existing USB standard, including the USB1, USB2, and USB3 standards, as well as future USB standards developed. AOCs are used to interconnect USB hosts with USB devices. AOC appears to be the standard USB cable to both USB hosts and USB devices. Each plug of the AOC has an optical-to-electrical and electrical-optical (OE / EO) conversion module that converts the electrical USB signal output from the USB host into an optical signal and converts the optical signal carried on the optical fiber of the AOC into an electrical USB signal. The power management method and apparatus manage the power level of the AOC based on specific detection conditions which will be described below with reference to illustrative or exemplary embodiments. Befo...

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An active optical cable is provided that incorporates a power management solution. The AOC has plugs that are configured to mate with respective USB sockets. The AOC is used to interconnect a USB host with a USB device. To the USB host and to the USB device, the AOC appears to be a standard USB electrical cable. Each of the plugs of the AOC has an optical-to-electrical and an electrical-to-optical (OE / EO) conversion module that converts electrical USB signals output from the USB host or USB device into optical signals and converts optical signals carried on the optical fibers of the AOC into electrical USB signals. The plugs include controllers that monitor certain conditions of the AOC and that select the power levels to be used in the plugs based on detected conditions.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to active optical cables (AOC). More specifically, the present invention relates to AOCs having methods and apparatus for performing power management. Background technique [0002] Power management schemes are used in active cables to adjust the power level of the active components (eg, amplifiers) of the circuitry of the plug disposed on the end of the cable. Such power management schemes adjust power levels based on certain detected conditions, such as whether plugs are currently inserted into their respective slots, whether low-speed signals are being transmitted on the cable, and whether high-speed signals are being transmitted on the cable. [0003] An AOC is a fiber optic cable terminated at each end with a plug having an optical transceiver module that converts optical signals to electrical signals and vice versa. A plug on the end of the fiber optic cable has a housing configured to be received in a socket of a d...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(China)
IPC IPC(8): G02B6/42
CPCG02B6/4284G02B6/4214G02B6/4228G06F1/32G02B6/42
Inventor 弗雷德里克·W·米勒
Owner AVAGO TECH INT SALES PTE LTD
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