Combined optical and eletrical interface

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EP 2 816 677 A8

(12)	CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION
	Note: Bibliography reflects the latest situation

(15)	Correction information:
	Corrected version no 1 (W1 A1)

(48)	Corrigendum issued on:
	17.02.2016 Bulletin 2016/07

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	24.12.2014 Bulletin 2014/52

(43)	Date of publication:
	24.12.2014 Bulletin 2014/52

(21)	Application number: 14180441.9

(22)	Date of filing: 18.09.2009

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

H01R 31/06^(2006.01)

H01R 13/00^(2006.01)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK SM TR

(62)	Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC:
	09849629.2 / 2478597

(71)	Applicant: Intel Corporation
	Santa Clara, CA 95054 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	Ko, Jamyuen San Jose, CA California 95136 (US) Cheng, Hengju Mountain View, CA California 94040 (US) Lee, Simon S. San Jose, CA California 95131 (US)

(74)	Representative: Rummler, Felix
	RGC Jenkins & Co. 26 Caxton Street London SW1H 0RJ London SW1H 0RJ (GB)


	Remarks:
	This application was filed on 08-08-2014 as a divisional application to the application mentioned under INID code 62.

(54)	Combined optical and eletrical interface

(57) A connection port (120) provides electrical (126) and/or optical (124) interface capability. The combined electrical and optical interface port may include an optical communication light engine (230) within the connection port itself. The connection port includes a connector housing (122), an electrical interface assembly, and an optical interface assembly incorporated together. One implementation of the optical communication light engine (230) includes a laser diode to generate optical signals, a photo diode to receive optical signals, and an optical integrated circuit (IC) to control optical interface.