OPTICAL-ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR HAVING A MAGNETIC MEMBER

An optical-electrical connector (100) includes a housing (11), a circuit board (3) received in the housing and having a transducer for bidirectional optical-electrical signal conversion, a lens member (42) mounted on the circuit board, a ferrule (43) receiving a number of optical channels and having a resisting face (431), and a magnetic member (51). The ferrule is situated behind the lens member and aligned with the lens member along a front-to-back direction. The magnetic member has a metal sheet (511) and at least one magnetic component (513) secured in the housing. The metal sheet abuts against the resisting face of the ferrule under a magnetic force provided by the at least one magnetic component, to provide a forward resilient force to the ferrule for fixing the ferrule to the lens member.