RIGHT ANGLED OPTICAL INTERCONNECT SYSTEM

摘要

An optical inter-connect system is provided for optically coupling an optical backplane (1) to an out-of-plane circuit board mounted on the optical backplane (1). An optical backplane connector (9) comprises a housing (10) having two apertures (11, 13) for fixing an end part of a waveguide and which are so positioned that a direction of the optical transmission axis through the first aperture (11) is deflected with respect the direction of the optical transmission axis through the second aperture (12) by a right angle. An optical interconnector (13) for optically coupling a second waveguide arranged on the circuit card to the optical backplane connector (9) is also provided, which includes a longitudinal cavity (15) for receiving the second waveguide and an optical interface for focusing the optical beam emanating from the second waveguide onto a receiving optical element at a frontal opening (44). This configuration allows a contactless optical coupling at right angles between the optical backplane (1) and the circuit board waveguides.