Fiber optic furcation module

Abstract

The invention relates to a fiber optic furcation module, comprising: at least one planar wave guide card; a first adapter assigned to the or each planar wave guide card, the or each first adapter comprising a plurality of adapter ports for optical fibers terminated in an optical fiber ribbon connector; a plurality of second adapters assigned to the or each planar wave guide card, each of said second adapters comprising one adapter port or two adapter ports, the one or two adapter ports being operative to receive respective single optical fiber connectors terminated with single optical fibers; a plurality of fiber optic transmission channels provided by the or each planar wave guide card, the fiber optic transmission channels providing optical traces being operative to transmit and/or receive optical wavelength signals and connecting each adapter port of a first adapter with an adapter port of one of said second adapters.

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