CN110086539B

CN110086539B - BIDI module

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Publication number: CN110086539B
Application number: CN201910469566.1A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 请求不公布姓名
Original assignee: Wuhan Firestone Photoelectric Co ltd
Current assignee: Wuhan Firestone Photoelectric Co ltd
Priority date: 2019-05-31
Filing date: 2019-05-31
Publication date: 2024-01-30
Anticipated expiration: 2039-05-31
Also published as: CN110086539A

Abstract

The invention discloses a BIDI module, which comprises a module optical port, a transmitting end device a, a transmitting end device b, a circulator and an optical switch, wherein the module optical port is respectively and electrically connected with the circulator and the optical switch in a bidirectional manner, the input end of the circulator is electrically connected with the output end of the optical switch, the input end of the circulator is also electrically connected with the output end of the transmitting end device a, and the input end of the optical switch is electrically connected with the output end of the transmitting end device b; by adding an optical switch in the module, the transmitting end device a or the transmitting end device b is controlled to output to the circulator or the optical port of the module, so that the module can be flexibly configured to be a double-optical-port LC module or a BIDI optical-port module, the module is simple to produce and maintain, the maintenance cost is reduced, and the inventory is reduced.

Description

BIDI module

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the technical field of optical modules, and particularly relates to a BIDI module.

Background

The optical module is composed of an optoelectronic device, a functional circuit, an optical interface and the like, wherein the optoelectronic device comprises a transmitting part and a receiving part, the optical module is used for photoelectric conversion, a transmitting end converts an electric signal into an optical signal, the optical signal is converted into the electric signal by a receiving end after being transmitted through an optical fiber, the optical module is classified according to a packaging form, and the optical module is commonly provided with SFP, SFP+, SFF, a gigabit Ethernet interface converter and the like.

At present, the existing product is either an optical port with two LC heads and a mode of requiring two optical fibers for transmission, or an optical port, and the optical receiving and transmitting device is a specially-made integrated device, so that the device is complex to manufacture and high in price.

Disclosure of Invention

The present invention is directed to a BIDI module for solving the above-mentioned problems.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the present invention provides the following technical solutions: the BIDI module comprises a module optical port, a transmitting end device a, a transmitting end device b, a circulator and an optical switch, wherein the module optical port is respectively and bi-directionally electrically connected with the circulator and the optical switch, the input end of the circulator is electrically connected with the output end of the optical switch, the input end of the circulator is also electrically connected with the output end of the transmitting end device a, and the input end of the optical switch is electrically connected with the output end of the transmitting end device b.

Preferably, the transmitting end device a and the transmitting end device b are connected to two optical fibers, respectively.

Preferably, the number of the optical ports of the module is two.

Preferably, the BIDI module is designed with reserved positions of all functional components.

Preferably, the BIDI module also includes software with provision for configuration options.

Preferably, the circulator may be specifically LC-LC, and the optical switch may be specifically module BOX.

Compared with the prior art, the invention has the beneficial effects that: by adding an optical switch in the module, the transmitting end device a or the transmitting end device b is controlled to output to the circulator or the optical port of the module, so that the module can be flexibly configured to be a double-optical-port LC module or a BIDI optical-port module, the module is simple to produce and maintain, the maintenance cost is reduced, and the inventory is reduced.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the present invention;

in the figure: 1. a module light port; 2. a transmitting end device a; 3. a transmitting end device b; 4. a circulator; 5. an optical switch; 6. an optical fiber.

Detailed Description

The following description of the embodiments of the present invention will be made clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is apparent that the embodiments described are only some embodiments of the present invention, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the invention without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the invention.

Referring to fig. 1, the present invention provides a technical solution: the BIDI module comprises a module optical port 1, a transmitting end device a2, a transmitting end device b3, a circulator 4 and an optical switch 5, wherein the module optical port 1 is respectively and bi-directionally electrically connected with the circulator 4 and the optical switch 5, the input end of the circulator 4 is electrically connected with the output end of the optical switch 5, the input end of the circulator 4 is also electrically connected with the output end of the transmitting end device a2, and the input end of the optical switch 5 is electrically connected with the output end of the transmitting end device b 3.

In this embodiment, on the basis of the original module, a circulator 4 is added to realize the function of the BIDI module, and the structure of the circulator 4 and the optical switch 5 is built in, so that the module can be flexibly configured into the BIDI module or a common dual-optical-port LC module, and by adding the circulator 4, the optical switch 5 and a method for providing configuration options on software on hardware, the module can be flexibly configured into the dual-optical-port LC module or the single-optical-port BIDI module.

Further, the emitting-end device a2 and the emitting-end device b3 are connected to the two optical fibers 6, respectively.

Further, the number of the module light ports 1 is two.

Furthermore, the BIDI module is required to reserve the positions of all functional components in design, so that the BIDI module is convenient to replace in actual production, and the BIDI module is beneficial to flexibly producing a module with a common double-LC optical port or an optical module with a BIDI interface.

Further, the BIDI module also includes software for providing configuration options, so that the module can be flexibly configured as a dual-port LC module or a single-port BIDI module.

Further, the circulator 4 may be specifically LC-LC, and the optical switch 5 may be specifically module BOX.

The working principle and the using flow of the invention are as follows: when the module is designed, the positions of all functional components are reserved, the module is convenient to replace in actual production, the module with a common double-LC optical port or an optical module with a BIDI interface is flexibly produced, the optical switch 5 is added in the module to control the transmitting end device a2 or the transmitting end device b3 to be output to the circulator 4 or the module optical port 1, so that the module can be flexibly configured to be the double-optical port LC module or the module with the BIDI optical port, the module is simple to produce and maintain, the maintenance cost is reduced, and the inventory is reduced.

Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made therein without departing from the principles and spirit of the invention, the scope of which is defined in the appended claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. The utility model provides a BIDI module, includes module light mouth (1), transmitting end device a (2), transmitting end device b (3), circulator (4) and optical switch (5), its characterized in that: the module optical port (1) is respectively and electrically connected with the circulator (4) and the optical switch (5) in a bidirectional manner, the input end of the circulator (4) is electrically connected with the output end of the optical switch (5), the input end of the circulator (4) is also electrically connected with the output end of the transmitting end device a (2), and the input end of the optical switch (5) is electrically connected with the output end of the transmitting end device b (3);

the number of the module light ports (1) is two; by adding an optical switch (5) in the module, the transmitting end device a (2) or the transmitting end device b (3) is controlled to output to the circulator (4) or the module optical port (1), so that the module can be flexibly configured to be a double-optical-port LC module or a BIDI optical-port module.

2. The BIDI module of claim 1, wherein: the transmitting end device a (2) and the transmitting end device b (3) are respectively connected to two optical fibers (6).

3. The BIDI module of claim 1, wherein: the BIDI module is designed with the positions of all functional components reserved.

4. The BIDI module of claim 1, wherein: the BIDI module also includes software with provision for configuration options.

5. The BIDI module of claim 1, wherein: the circulator (4) may be of a type LC-LC, and the optical switch (5) may be of a type module BOX.