Connector having integrated circuits embedded in the connector body for making the connector a dynamic component of an electrical system having sections connected by the connector
First Claim
1. A connector (100 to 100a), for connecting ends of at least one pair of conductors (2323a) suitable for conveying an electrical or an optical signal, comprising:
- a first housing (1010a 80) for receipt of at least a first of said conductors (2323a); and
a second housing (1111a) for receipt of at least a second of said conductors (2323a);
wherein the first housing (1010a 80) and the second housing (1111a) are adapted so as to mate one with the other either as a splice so as to be permanently connected, or by inserting one into a cavity of the other until the one slidably registers with a wall of said cavity at an advanced position, and then rotating the one within the other at the advanced position so as to cause an aligning of first contact elements (202141) in the first housing and second contact elements (202141) in the second housing, thereby connecting the ends of the at least one pair of conductors (2323a) in the first housing and in the second housing;
and further wherein the connector (100100a) also includes at least one embedded integrated circuit (200200a) connected to at least one of the conductors (2323a) in the at least one pair of conductors (2323a).
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Abstract
A connector (100 100a) for connecting conductors (23 23a) of electrical or optical signals, the connector (100 100a) including as a component thereof an embedded integrated circuit (200 200a) for performing a function having to do with either signals being conveyed across the connector or having to do with the connection itself, with active components of the embedded integrated circuit drawing power either from the power propagating along the conductors (23 23a) through the connector (100 100a), via a battery (210) included in the connector (100 100a), or via supply voltage lines (230). The integrated circuit/chip (200 200a) can be electrical, optical, optoelectronic, or quantum.
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20 Claims
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1. A connector (100 to 100a), for connecting ends of at least one pair of conductors (2323a) suitable for conveying an electrical or an optical signal, comprising:
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a first housing (1010a 80) for receipt of at least a first of said conductors (2323a); and
a second housing (1111a) for receipt of at least a second of said conductors (2323a);
wherein the first housing (1010a 80) and the second housing (1111a) are adapted so as to mate one with the other either as a splice so as to be permanently connected, or by inserting one into a cavity of the other until the one slidably registers with a wall of said cavity at an advanced position, and then rotating the one within the other at the advanced position so as to cause an aligning of first contact elements (202141) in the first housing and second contact elements (202141) in the second housing, thereby connecting the ends of the at least one pair of conductors (2323a) in the first housing and in the second housing;
and further wherein the connector (100100a) also includes at least one embedded integrated circuit (200200a) connected to at least one of the conductors (2323a) in the at least one pair of conductors (2323a). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A connector (100100a), for connecting ends of at least one pair of conductors (2323a) suitable for conveying an optical signal, characterized in that the connector (100100a) also includes at least one embedded integrated circuit (200200a) connected to at least one of the conductors (2323a) in the at least one pair of conductors (2323a).
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