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US 2026/0153682 A1Published application
Flexible fiber optic circuits and methods of manufacturing the same
AssigneeCommScope Technologies LLC
InventorsLaurens Izaäk VAN WUIJCKHUIJSE, Pieter STIENSTRA, Adrianus Wilhelmus VAN UDEN, Johan GEENS
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Abstract
Flexible optical circuits and methods of providing the same in which routing of optical fibers on a flexible substrate is performed after optical fiber ends have been processed. In some embodiments, the methods include fiber splicing operations that can be performed on the pre-processed optical fibers before or after the fibers have been routed on the flexible substrate.
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A system for manufacturing a flexible optical circuit, comprising:
- a spool;
- an optical fiber having a first portion spooled on the spool, the optical fiber being terminated at a ferrule, the ferrule being positioned within an optical fiber connector body;
- an accumulator;
- and
- robotics,
- wherein the accumulator is configured to allow a second portion of the optical fiber to be dispensed by the robotics along a predefined path onto a flexible substrate without continuously turning the spool while the second portion of the optical fiber is being dispensed onto the flexible substrate.
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A method of manufacturing a flexible optical circuit, comprising:
- spooling an optical fiber onto a spool, the optical fiber being terminated at a ferrule, the ferrule being positioned within an optical fiber connector body;
- moving a portion of the optical fiber from the spool to an accumulator;
- and
- using the accumulator and robotics, dispense, from the accumulator, the portion of the optical fiber onto an adhesive and along a predefined path onto a flexible substrate without continuously turning the spool while the portion of the optical fiber is being dispensed onto the flexible substrate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.