Method of intermittently bonding optical fibers and intermittently bonded optical fiber ribbon using the method
AssigneeSterlite Technologies Limited
InventorBadri Gomatam
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Abstract
A method of deriving a bonding pattern for intermittently bonding optical fibers includes generating a random number, which is an integer, converting the integer into a binary series corresponding to a width-bonding pattern, applying the width-bonding pattern at a predefined position along a width of the intermittently bonded optical fiber ribbon (100) and repeating to obtain a subsequent predefined position on the intermittently bonded optical fiber ribbon (100). In particular, ‘0’ represents the unbonded region if ‘1’ represents the bonded region and ‘0’ represents the bonded region if ‘ 1’ represents the unbonded region.
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A method of defining a bonding pattern for an intermittently bonded optical fiber ribbon (100), wherein the method comprising
- generating a random number, and the random number is an integer;
- converting the integer into a binary series corresponding to a width-bonding pattern;
- applying the width-bonding pattern at a predefined position on the intermittently bonded optical fiber ribbon (100);
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- repeating above steps for a subsequent predefined position on the intermittently bonded optical fiber ribbon (100)
- wherein the width-bonding pattern is applied along a width of the intermittently bonded optical fiber ribbon (100).
An intermittently bonded optical fiber ribbon (100) comprising a plurality of optical fibers (102) and a bonding pattern defined by a random number integer to intermittently bond the plurality of optical fibers (102) such that the bonding pattern is a function of at least the random number, wherein the bonding pattern is a predefined instance that repeats itself along length of the intermittently bonded optical fiber ribbon (100), wherein the predefined instance has at least one instance where exactly two bonds are along width of the intermittently bonded optical fiber ribbon (100).
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