Method for packaging passive optoelectric assemblies in a limited space
OwnerWilliam Strausbaugh, Eric Boyer +1inventors
InventorsWilliam Strausbaugh, Eric Boyer, Richard Buterbaugh
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Abstract
A module comprising: (a) a housing; (b) a tray mounted in the housing, wherein the tray comprises at least: (i) a first and second submodule, each submodule having one or more compartments for containing individual add/drop filters; (ii) a first plurality of cascaded add/drop filters installed in the first submodule; and (iii) a second plurality of cascaded add/drops filters installed in the second submodule; and (c) connectors mounted to the housing and optically connected to the fibers at the ends of the first and second plurality of cascaded add/drop filters.
Claims20
A tray for use in an add/drop module, said tray comprising:
- first and second submodules, each submodule having one or more compartments for containing individual add/drop filters;
- a first plurality of cascaded add/drop filters installed in said first submodule;
- and
- a second plurality of cascaded add/drops filters installed in said second submodule.
A tray for use in an add/drop module, said tray comprising:
- first and second submodules, each submodule having one or more compartments for containing individual add/drop filters, said first and second submodules being hermaphroditic, said compartments being asymmetrically located on said submodules such that when the submodules are combined, the compartments of opposite submodules are offset from one another and thus do not interfere with one another;
- a first plurality of cascaded add/drop filters installed in said first submodule:
- and
- a second plurality of cascaded add/drops filters installed in said second submodule.
An add/drop module comprising:
- a housing;
- a tray mounted in said housing, wherein said tray comprises at least:
- first and second submodules, each submodule having one or more compartments for containing individual add/drop filters;
- a first plurality of cascaded add/drop filters installed in said first submodule;
- a second plurality of cascaded add/drops filters installed in said second submodule;
- and
- connectors mounted to said housing and optically connected to the fibers at the ends of said first and second plurality of cascaded add/drop filters.
An add/drop module comprising:
- a housing;
- a tray mounted in said housing, wherein said tray comprises at least:
- first and second submodules, each submodule having one or more compartments for containing individual add/drop filters, said first and second submodules being hermaphroditic, said compartments being asymmetrically located on said submodules such that when the submodules are combined, the compartments of opposite submodules are offset from one another and thus do not interfere with one another;
- a first plurality of cascaded add/drop filters installed in said first submodule;
- a second plurality of cascaded add/drops filters installed in said second submodule;
- and
- connectors mounted to said housing and optically connected to the fibers at the ends of said first and second plurality of cascaded add/drop filters.
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