Active optical cable bundling
AssigneeAFL Telecommunications LLC
InventorNikhil Angra
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Abstract
Methods for assembling an active optical cable are provided. A method includes breaking out a plurality of optical fiber legs from a cable jacket of a fiber optic cable such that the optical fiber legs extend from an end of the cable jacket, wherein each of the optical fiber legs includes at least one optical fiber. The method further includes terminating the optical fibers of the optical fiber legs with active connectors. The method further includes connecting converter components to the active connectors. The method further includes simultaneously testing at least a portion of the transceiver optical engines of the active optical cable.
Claims20
A method for assembling an active optical cable, the method comprising:
- breaking out a plurality of optical fiber legs from a cable jacket of a fiber optic cable such that the optical fiber legs extend from an end of the cable jacket, wherein each of the optical fiber legs comprises at least one optical fiber;
- terminating the optical fibers of the optical fiber legs with active connectors;
- connecting converter components to the active connectors;
- and
- simultaneously testing at least a portion of the converter components of the active optical cable.
A method for assembling an active optical cable, the method comprising:
- breaking out a plurality of optical fiber legs from a cable jacket of a fiber optic cable such that the optical fiber legs extend from an end of the cable jacket, wherein each of the optical fiber legs comprises at least one optical fiber;
- terminating a plurality of optical fiber pigtails with active connectors;
- connecting the active connectors to converter components;
- testing the converter components;
- and
- selectively splicing one or more of the optical fiber pigtails to one or more of the optical fiber legs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.