Patch panel
AssigneeFujikura Ltd.
InventorsTomoyuki Shinoda, Toshiaki Nakajima, Hidetoshi Katahira, Hiroyuki Takamizawa
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Abstract
A patch panel includes: an adapter having an insertion port into which an optical connector is inserted; a light-emitting portion disposed adjacent to the insertion port; a light source configured to emit light; a photodetector configured to detect light; and a waveguide that includes a branch portion, a first branch path that guides the light emitted from the light source to the branch portion, a main waveguide portion that guides the light guided by the first branch path to the light-emitting portion, and a second branch path that guides the light guided by the main waveguide portion toward the branch portion to the photodetector.
Claims10
A patch panel comprising:
- an adapter having an insertion port into which an optical connector is inserted;
- a light-emitting portion disposed adjacent to the insertion port;
- a light source configured to emit light;
- a photodetector configured to detect light;
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- a waveguide that comprises:
- a branch portion;
- a first branch path that guides the light emitted from the light source to the branch portion;
- a main waveguide portion that guides the light guided by the first branch path to the light-emitting portion;
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- a second branch path that guides the light guided by the main waveguide portion toward the branch portion to the photodetector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.