Optical interconnection apparatus
AssigneesNippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Tomoegawa Paper Co., Ltd.
InventorsRitsu Kawase, Kyouichi Sasaki, Tatsushi Kobayashi, Takashi Yoshida, Mamoru Hirayama
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Abstract
An optical interconnection apparatus comprises an adhesive layer having a 2-dimensional plane, and optical fibers secured on the adhesive layer. The optical fibers are routed on the adhesive layer so as to have at least one of an intersection portion, a bent portion, and a changing portion of fiber pitch, and to have a end portion outwardly projecting from the adhesive layer. The projecting end portion is used for optical interconnection. At least a portion of the circumferential edge surface of the adhesive layer is covered by a flame resistant material at an end of the optical fiber and in the vicinity thereof.
Claims20
An optical interconnection apparatus comprising:
- an adhesive layer having a 2-dimensional plane;
- and
- plural optical fibers secured on the adhesive layer;
- wherein the optical fibers are routed on the adhesive layer so as to have at least one of an intersection portion, a bent portion, and a changing portion of fiber pitch, and to have a end portion outwardly projecting from the adhesive layer;
- the projecting end portion is used for optical interconnection;
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- at least a portion of the circumferential edge surface of the adhesive layer is covered by a flame resistant material at an end of the optical fiber and in the vicinity thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.