US Patent Issued on Sept. 8 for "Platform supports the shortest direct electrical connections between two OSFP-XD transceivers" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,730,271, issued on Sept. 8.

"Platform supports the shortest direct electrical connections between two OSFP-XD transceivers" was invented by Shuang Jin (Dublin, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To establish direct electrical connections between two OSFP-XD transceivers, their connectors' footprints are specially aligned on opposite sides of a PCB board. The high-speed signal pads of the two footprints are precisely defined and connected through PCB traces and vias, according to specific configurations. The two OSFP-XD electrical connectors are then individually soldered onto their respective footprints. As a result, the electrical hi...