Fiber optic circuit and preparation method
AssigneeCommScope Technologies LLC
InventorsThomas Marcouiller, Paula Lockhart, Wouter Vranken, Koen Vuerinckx, Laurens Izaäk Van Wuijckhuijse
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Abstract
A method of preparing a preformed fiber optic circuit for later termination to at least one fiber optic connector includes providing a substrate for supporting a plurality of optical fibers, the substrate including at least one layer of flexible foil, wherein the flexible foil may be formed from polyethylene terephthalate (PET) according to one example and peeling a layer including at least the optical fibers from the at least one layer of flexible foil.
Claims25
A method of preparing a preformed fiber optic circuit for later termination to at least one fiber optic connector, the method comprising:
- providing a substrate for supporting a plurality of optical fibers;
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- peeling a layer including optical fibers from the substrate, wherein at least a portion of the peeled layer includes a flexible foil formed from polyethylene terephthalate (PET) that supports the optical fibers peeled off from the substrate, wherein the peeled layer also includes at least a portion made up of optical fibers that are not supported by flexible foil, wherein said plurality of optical fibers that are not supported by a flexible foil are bare fibers, wherein at least a portion of the bare fibers are positioned such that a portion of the layer that includes the PET foil that supports the optical fibers is positioned between the bare fibers and the at least one fiber optic connector to be terminated to the preformed fiber optic circuit.
A preformed fiber optic circuit that is configured for termination to at least one fiber optic connector, the preformed fiber optic circuit comprising:
- a plurality of optical fibers arranged in a predetermined arrangement, wherein at least a portion of the optical fibers are supported by a layer of flexible foil and at least a portion are coated by a coating including silicone, wherein the plurality of optical fibers also includes at least a portion not supported by a layer of flexible foil and not coated by a coating including silicone, wherein said plurality of optical fibers that are not supported by the layer of flexible foil and not coated by a coating including silicone are bare fibers, wherein at least a portion of the bare fibers are positioned such that the portion supported by the layer of flexible foil is positioned between the bare fibers and the at least one fiber optic connector to be terminated to the preformed fiber optic circuit.
A preformed fiber optic circuit that is configured for termination to at least one fiber optic connector, the preformed fiber optic circuit comprising:
- a plurality of optical fibers arranged in a predetermined arrangement, wherein at least a portion of the optical fibers are supported by a layer of flexible foil, wherein the portion supported by the layer of flexible foil is at least partially coated by a coating including silicone, wherein the plurality of optical fibers also includes at least a portion not supported by a layer of flexible foil and not coated by a coating including silicone, wherein the flexible foil is formed from polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and wherein one end of each optical fiber is terminated by a multi-fiber connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.