Fiber Optic Booster Connector
AssigneeSchlumberger Technology Corporation
InventorGregor Deans
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Abstract
An apparatus includes a housing, a first connection interface and an optical amplifier. The housing receives a fiber optic line and an electrical line. The first connection interface is located at least partially inside the housing and is exposed outside of the housing to couple the fiber optic line and the electrical line to a second connection interface. The optical amplifier is located inside the housing and is coupled to the fiber optic line. The optical amplifier receives power from the electrical line.
Claims30
An apparatus, comprising:
- a housing to receive a fiber optic line and an electrical line;
- a first connection interface located at least partially inside the housing and exposed outside of the housing to couple the fiber optic line and the electrical line to a second connection interface;
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- an optical amplifier located inside the housing and coupled to the fiber optic line, the optical amplifier to receive power from the electrical line.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a first cable comprising a first fiber optic line and a second electrical line;
- a second cable comprising a second fiber optic line and a second electrical line;
- a first connector attached to the first cable;
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- a second connecter attached to the second cable to mate with the first connector to optically couple the first fiber optic line to the second fiber optic line and electrically couple the first electrical line to the second electrical line, the second connector comprising an optical amplifier adapted to boost a signal received from the second fiber optic line and receive power from the second electrical line.
A system, comprising:
- cables, each cable comprising fiber optic lines and electrical lines;
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- at least one connector to connect the cables together,
- wherein at least one of the connectors houses an optical amplifier powered by at least one of the electrical lines.
A method, comprising:
- running a fiber optic line and an electrical line in the well inside a cable;
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- communicating power from the electrical line to an optical amplifier.
A method, comprising:
- running a fiber optic line and an electrical line to a subsea structure inside a cable;
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- communicating power from the electrical line to an optical amplifier.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a first connector to form a releasable connection with a mating second connector to couple first and second fiber optic line segments together;
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- an optical amplifier located inside the first connector and optically coupled to the first and second fiber optic line segments when the first connector forms the connection with the second connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.