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AssigneeCorning Cable Systems LLC
InventorsWilliam R. Burnham, Robert W. Dennis, Alan W. Ugolini, Terry L. Cooke, Tory A. Klavuhn
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Optical fiber interconnection devices, which can take the form of a module, are disclosed that include an array of optical fibers and multi-fiber optical-fiber connectors, for example, two twelve-port connectors or multiples thereof, and three eight-port connectors or multiples thereof. The array of optical fibers is color-coded and is configured to optically interconnect the ports of the two twelve-port connectors to the three eight-port connectors in a manner that preserves transmit and receive polarization. In one embodiment, the interconnection devices provide optical interconnections between twelve-fiber optical connector configurations to eight-fiber optical connector configurations, such as from twelve-fiber line cards to eight-fiber line cards, without having to make structural changes to cabling infrastructure. In one aspect, the optical fiber interconnection devices provide a migration path from duplex optics to parallel optics.
An optical fiber interconnection device, comprising:
A method of optically interconnecting first and second twelve-port connectors having respective ports 1P12(1) through 1P12(12) and ports 2P12(1) through 2P12(12) to first, second and third eight-port connectors having respective ports 1P8(1) through 1P8(8), ports 2P8(1) through 2P8(8), and ports 3P8(1) through 3P8(8), the method comprising:
An optical fiber interconnection module comprising:
An optical fiber interconnection device, comprising:
An optical fiber interconnection device with optical fiber connector arrays and optical fibers optically interconnecting at least some of the optical fiber connectors, comprising:
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