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AssigneeCorning Cable Systems LLC
InventorsWilliam R. Burnham, Terry L. Cooke, David L. Dean, Jr., Tory A. Klavuhn, Alan W. Ugolini
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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, a twenty-four-port connector 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 twenty-four-port connector 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 twenty-four-fiber optical connector configurations to eight-fiber optical connector configurations, such as from twenty-four-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 a twenty-four-port connector having ports P24(i) for i=1 to 24, to first, second and third eight-port connectors having respective ports 1P8(j), 2P8(j) and 3P8(j) for j=1 to 8, the method comprising:
An optical fiber interconnection device, comprising:
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