Electronic circuit device and shelf for receiving electronic circuit boards of the electronic circuit device

Abstract

A shelf for receiving a plurality of electronic circuit boards, the electronic circuit boards having a structure where a connecter installing part is provided at a front end part of each of the boards and an optical transmitting and receiving element for optical communications between two or more of the electronic circuit boards is provided at a rear end part of each of the boards, includes a plurality of connectors arranged on a backboard of the shelf, the shelf having a right hexahedral-shaped configuration, the connectors detachably supporting the connecter installing parts of the electronic circuit boards; and a bonnet attached to a front surface opening part of the shelf so as to form a closed space, the bonnet having a mirror surface situated at a rear surface of the bonnet so that an optical communication signal being received and transmitted between two or more of the electronic circuit boards is reflected.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a related art electronic circuit device;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of an electronic circuit device of an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a bonnet of the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a first diagram for explaining an optical communication method of the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a second diagram for explaining an optical communication method of the embodiment of the present invention; and

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of an electronic circuit device of another embodiment of the present invention.

Claims

1. A shelf for receiving a plurality of electronic circuit boards, the electronic circuit boards having a structure where a connecter installing part is provided at a front end part of each of the boards and an optical transmitting and receiving element for optical communications between two or more of the electronic circuit boards is provided at a rear end part of each of the boards, the shelf comprising: a plurality of connectors arranged on a backboard of the shelf, the shelf having a right hexahedral-shaped configuration, the connectors detachably supporting the connecter installing parts of the electronic circuit boards; anda bonnet attached to a front surface opening part of the shelf so as to form a closed space, the bonnet having a mirror surface situated at a rear surface of the bonnet so that an optical communication signal being received and transmitted between two or more of the electronic circuit boards is reflected.

2. The shelf for receiving the plural electronic circuit boards as claimed in claim 1; wherein the mirror surface has a concave surface at least perpendicular to an arrangement direction of the electronic circuit boards.

3. The shelf for receiving the plural electronic circuit boards as claimed in claim 1; wherein the shelf has a relay member having windows formed as corresponding to positions of optical transmitting and receiving elements of the electronic circuit boards.

4. An electronic circuit device, comprising: a plurality of connectors arranged on a back board of a shelf, the shelf having a right hexahedral-shaped configuration;a plurality of electronic circuit boards detachably supported by the connectors; anda bonnet attached to a front surface opening part of the shelf so as to form a closed space;wherein a mirror surface is provided at a rear surface of the bonnet; andoptical transmitting and receiving elements are provided at bonnet sides of the electronic circuit boards so that optical communications are performed between two or more of the electronic circuit boards by using light reflected by the mirror surface.

5. The electronic circuit device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the optical transmitting and receiving elements are infrared optical transmitting and receiving elements.

6. The electronic circuit device as claimed in claim 4, further comprising: a detection part configured to detect opening and closing states of the bonnet;wherein the optical communications between two or more of the electronic circuit boards is started or stopped in connection with detection of the closing or opening state, respectively, of the bonnet by the detection part.

7. The electronic circuit device as claimed in claim 6, wherein the electronic circuit boards includes a plurality of monitored circuit boards configured to detect and hold various status signals related to communication control of a system and a monitoring circuit board configured to monitor the plural monitored circuit boards; andthe monitoring circuit board monitors the plural monitored circuit boards by Pauling control via the optical transmitting and receiving element.

8. The electronic circuit device as claimed in claim 7, wherein the monitoring circuit board detects the opening and closing states of the bonnet based on existence and non-existence of response in a designated time from the monitored circuit boards.

9. The electronic circuit device as claimed in claim 4, wherein each of the electronic circuit boards performs the optical communication control between two ore more of the electronic circuit boards using a CSMA/CD method.