Multiplexer/demultiplexer
OwnerWilliam Strausbaugh, Eric Boyer +1inventors
InventorsWilliam Strausbaugh, Eric Boyer, Richard Buterbaugh
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Abstract
A module comprising: (a) a housing; (b) a tray mounted in the housing, wherein the tray comprises at least: (i) a first and second submodule, each submodule having one or more compartments for containing individual add/drop filters; (ii) a first plurality of cascaded add/drop filters installed in the first submodule; and (iii) a second plurality of cascaded add/drops filters installed in the second submodule; and (c) connectors mounted to the housing and optically connected to the fibers at the ends of the first and second plurality of cascaded add/drop filters.
Claims12
A subassembly for use in an add/drop module, said subassembly comprising:
- first and second submodules, each submodule having one or more compartments for containing individual add/drop filters;
- a first plurality of cascaded add/drop filters installed in said first submodule;
- and
- a second plurality of cascaded add/drops filters installed in said second submodule.
An add/drop module comprising:
- a housing;
- a tray mounted in said housing, wherein said tray comprises at least:
- first and second submodules, each submodule having one or more compartments for containing individual add/drop filters;
- a first plurality of cascaded add/drop filters installed in said first submodule;
- a second plurality of cascaded add/drops filters installed in said second submodule;
- and
- connectors mounted to said housing and optically connected to the fibers at the ends of said first and second plurality of cascaded add/drop filters.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.