COUPLING A SMALL FORM FACTOR TRANSCEIVER TO A CIRCUIT BOARD MODULE USING A FORM FACTOR CONVERTER

摘要

A system (20) includes a circuit board module (22) having a device mounting section (34). The system further includes a small form factor transceiver (24) and a form factor converter (26). The form factor converter is configured to concurrently connect to (i) the circuit board module and (ii) the small form factor transceiver. The form factor converter includes an exterior portion defining a large form factor (e.g., the standard X2 form factor) to fit within the device mounting section of the circuit board module when the form factor converter connects to the circuit board module, and an interior portion defining a small form factor (e.g., the standard SFP form factor) location to receive at least a portion of the small form factor transceiver when the form factor converter connects to the small form factor transceiver.