ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,212,363, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to II-VI DELAWARE INC. (Wilmington, Del.).
"Signaling on a high-speed data connector" was invented by Giuliano Coli (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Stephen T. Nelson (Santa Clara, Calif.) and Henry M. Daghighian (Redwood City, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and method for signaling and transmitting data through an optical link is described. The apparatus may include a connector including a first plurality of contacts compatible with an enhanced SFP (SFP+) connector. The connector further includes an additional contact formed at a space adjacent to the first plurality of contacts. A tone g...