Communication apparatus

• US 5,873,738 A
• Filed: 11/02/1994
• Issued: 02/23/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 05/19/1994
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Kadoya, Hiroshi, Takahashi, Tsutomu, Hayama, Junichi, Nakama, Noboru, Shimada, Shozo
• Primary Examiner(s): Pirlot, David
• Application Number:
  US08/333,508
• Time in Patent Office: 1,574 Days
• Field of Search: 439/55, 439/59, 439/62, 439/61, 439/64, 439/620, 439/76, 361/752, 361/785, 361/788
• US Class Current: 439/61
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/00 Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures printed connections to, or between, printed circuits H05K1/11
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/75 connecting to cables except for flat or ribbon cables
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 24/44 comprising impedance matching means
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/1449 with connections to the back board

Abstract

A communication apparatus is provided which permits system configuration to be freely changed even after electronic circuit boards are mounted to a shelf. The apparatus is a combination of an open rack and a shelf mounted on the rack, office cables for interconnecting external electronic devices are guided toward the rear of the apparatus and connected directly to external connectors of the electronic circuit boards, and a back wiring board is arranged on the rear surface of the shelf and has sheet connectors to which power supply connectors of the electronic circuit boards are connected.

Claims

1. A communication apparatus arranged between an exchange and a transmitter or between transmitters, comprising:

a shelf mounted on an open rack;

an electronic circuit board mounted to said shelf and having a rear end portion provided with an external line connector, to which an external line is directly connected, and a power supply connector, said electronic circuit board being inserted from front side of said shelf; and

a back wiring board arranged on a rear surface of said shelf and having a sheet connector connected to the power supply connector of said electronic circuit board to establish electrical connection,

wherein said back wiring board includes a power receiving terminal for receiving electric power from outside, and an on-board connector located on a rear side of said shelf; and

said communication apparatus further comprises a replaceable plug-in type bypass capacitor module, said bypass capacitor module including a module connector connected to the on-board connector of said back wiring board and a bypass capacitor electrically connected to a power line on said back wiring board via the on-board connector and the module connector.

2. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said on-board connector of the back wiring board is arranged close to the sheet connector to which a power supply package is inserted, and is located as close to a load-side power line of the power supply package as possible.

3. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said bypass capacitor module includes a bypass capacitor for positive power supply and a bypass capacitor for negative power supply, the two bypass capacitors being a plug-in type and replaceable simultaneously.

4. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the bypass capacitor for positive power supply, the bypass capacitor for negative power supply, and the module connector of said bypass capacitor module are arranged on an identical plane of a mounting board.