US 11,677,471 B2
Hybrid cable for optic and copper port connectivity
Shree Rathinasamy, Round Rock, TX (US); Neal Beard, Austin, TX (US); and Kannan Karuppiah, Freemont, CA (US)
Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Jun. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/341,010.
Prior Publication US 2022/0393766 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. H04B 10/40 (2013.01); H04B 10/25 (2013.01)
CPC H04B 10/40 (2013.01) [H04B 10/25 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cable assembly, comprising:
a cable having a plurality of electrically-conductive wires;
an optical port termination at a first end of the cable for terminating a first end of the plurality of electrically-conductive wires and configured to electrically couple to an optical network port integral to an information handling system and configured to receive an optical transceiver module; and
an electrical connector at a second end of the cable for terminating a second end of the plurality of electrically conductive wires and configured to electrically couple to an electrical network port;
wherein the optical port termination includes a transceiver to convert between first electrical signals, having a standard associated with the optical network port, and second electrical signals, having a standard associated with the electrical network port wherein the transceiver lacks optical transmission components.