Electronic device with pluggable front end module
View Patent ↗Implementations of the present disclosure relate to an electronic device with a pluggable front end module. The electronic device comprises a housing comprising a plurality of small form-factor pluggable (SFP) ports for receiving a plurality of pluggable modules and the plurality of pluggable modules comprising at least one SFP module and at least one pluggable front end module (FEM). The electronic device further comprises a first circuit unit provided inside the housing and a second circuit unit provided inside the housing. The electronic device further comprises a multiplex unit provided inside the housing, and the multiplex unit is configured to enable communications between the pluggable FEM and the first circuit unit, and enable communications between the SFP module and the second circuit unit. By implementing pluggable FEM and inserting the pluggable FEM into an SFP port, implementations of the present disclosure can be more flexible, replaceable and modular.
1 . An electronic device, comprising:
a housing comprising a plurality of small form-factor pluggable (SFP) ports for receiving a plurality of pluggable modules, the plurality of pluggable modules comprising at least one SFP module and at least one pluggable front end module (FEM);
a first circuit unit provided inside the housing;
a second circuit unit provided inside the housing; and
a multiplex unit provided inside the housing and configured to enable communications between the pluggable FEM and the first circuit unit, and enable communications between the SFP module and the second circuit unit by communicating a first identifier via pins of the pluggable FEM module to a first SFP port receiving the pins of the pluggable FEM module, and communicating a second identifier via pins of the SFP module to a second SFP port receiving the pins of the SFP module.
2 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the multiplex unit is connected between each of the plurality of SFP ports and the first and second circuit units,
in a case that the pluggable FEM is inserted into the first SFP port of the plurality of SFP ports, the multiplex unit is configured to enable communications between the pluggable FEM and the first circuit unit via the first SFP port; and
in a case that the SFP module is inserted into the second SFP port of the plurality of SFP ports, the multiplex unit is configured to enable communications between the SFP module and the second circuit unit via the second SFP port.
3 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the SFP module stores the first identifier for identifying the SFP module, and the pluggable FEM stores the second identifier for identifying the pluggable FEM.
4 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein:
the SFP module comprises a first number of pins, and each of the plurality of SFP ports comprises the first number of pins,
the pluggable FEM comprises a second number of pins, and the second number is less than or equal to the first number, and
the pluggable FEM is implemented by integrating the second number of pins into a part of the first number of pins of the SFP module.
5 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein:
the first circuit unit is a radio frequency integrated circuit, and
the second circuit unit is an optical fiber control module.
6 . The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising an antenna provided on the pluggable FEM and arranged far away from an SFP port in which the pluggable FEM is inserted.
7 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the pluggable module comprises an electro-magnetic interference shielding cage configured to surround a body of the pluggable module.
8 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one pluggable FEM comprises a plurality of pluggable FEMs configured to transmit and receive signal in different frequency bands.
9 . The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein:
the different frequency bands comprise 2.4G, 5G, and 6G, and
two pluggable FEMs for the same frequency band are disposed in two SFP ports arranged far away from each other.
10 . The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the two SFP ports are disposed at two ends of a diameter of the housing.
11 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein:
the first circuit unit, the second circuit unit, and the multiplex unit are provided on a main board inside the housing.