Thermal management of a communication transceiver in an electrical communication device

摘要

Disclosed herein are various systems and methods relating to communication devices that include modular transceivers, such as small form pluggable transceivers. According to one embodiment, a communication device may include a chassis defining an interior and an exterior of the communication device. The chassis includes a top, a bottom, and a plurality of sides that together with the top and the bottom form an enclosure. One of the sides may include a first segment disposed in a first plane and a second segment disposed in a second plane. The second segment includes an outwardly extending communication transceiver housing configured to receive a communication transceiver. The communication transceiver may extend through an aperture in the second segment and into interior of the communication device to contact an electrical connector, while a second portion of the communication transceiver in the communication transceiver housing remains on the exterior of the communication device.

主权项

1. A communication device, comprising:
a chassis defining an interior and an exterior of the communication device, the chassis comprising: a top; a bottom; a plurality of sides that together with the top and the bottom form an enclosure, one of the plurality of sides comprising:
a first segment disposed in a first plane;a second segment disposed in a second plane, the second segment comprising:
a communication transceiver housing extending outwardly from the second segment and configured to accept installation of a communication transceiver, andan aperture in the chassis disposed such that a first portion of a communication transceiver inserted into in the communication transceiver housing extends through the second segment and into the interior of the communication device to contact an electrical connector, while a second portion of the communication transceiver in the communication transceiver housing remains on the exterior of the communication device; wherein the communication device is configured to maintain a temperature of the communication transceiver housing below a temperature internal to the communication device while the communication device is in operation.