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US 2020/0026016 A1Published application
High density, low bend loss optical fiber ribbon cable
AssigneeCorning Research & Development Corporation
InventorsEric Raymond Logan, Kenneth Darrell Temple, JR.
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Abstract
A fiber optic cable includes a cable jacket having an inner surface that defines a core, and an optical transmission core element provided in the core that includes an optical fiber group of optical fiber ribbons located within a buffer tube, wherein the optical fiber group comprises a plurality of optical fiber subgroups, each subgroup having one or more sets of 6 fiber base ribbon subunits arranged in substantially planar fashion, each 6 fiber base ribbon subunit comprising six 200 μm optical fibers in a cured ribbon matrix.
Claims20
A fiber optic cable comprising:
- a cable jacket having an inner surface that defines a core;
- and
- an optical transmission core element that comprises:
- at least one buffer tube;
- and
- an optical fiber group having a plurality of optical fiber ribbons located within the buffer tube, wherein the optical fiber group comprises a plurality of optical fiber subgroups, each subgroup having one or more 6 fiber base ribbon subunits arranged in substantially planar fashion, each 6 fiber base ribbon subunit comprising 200 μm optical fibers in a cured ribbon matrix.
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