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US 9,316,803 B2Granted
Efficient fiber usage within pre-terminated fiber devices
AssigneeLeviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.
InventorDennis Lloyd Manes
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Abstract
A pre-terminated fiber optic connector is provided for coupling electronic components and devices. A multi-fiber optical cable assembly or multi-fiber interconnection module can facilitate optical coupling while maximizing available optical path bandwidth inherent to standard connectors. In an embodiment, a “2×24/24 to 2×20/24+1×8/12” configuration can be employed.
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A fiber optic cable assembly, comprising:
- a multi-fiber optical cable comprising optical fibers, the optical fibers comprising logical channels;
- a first multi-fiber optical connector having installed therein a first subset of the optical fibers from a first end of the multi-fiber optical cable, wherein the first multi-fiber optical connector has no inactive optical paths;
- a second multi-fiber optical connector having installed therein a second subset of the optical fibers from the first end of the multi-fiber optical cable, wherein the second multi-fiber optical connector has no inactive optical paths;
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- a plurality of multi-fiber optical connectors having installed therein the optical fibers from a second end of the multi-fiber optical cable different than the first end, wherein the plurality of multi-fiber optical connectors comprises two twenty-four fiber optical connectors respectively comprising twenty active optical paths and a twelve fiber optical connector comprising eight active optical paths.
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A multi-fiber interconnection module, comprising:
- a plurality of optical fibers, the plurality of optical fibers comprising a plurality of logical channels;
- a first multi-fiber optical connector having installed therein a first subset of the plurality of optical fibers from a first end of the plurality of optical fibers, wherein the first multi-fiber optical connector has no inactive paths;
- a second multi-fiber optical connector having installed therein a second subset of the plurality of optical fibers from the first end of the plurality of optical fibers, wherein the second multi-fiber optical connector has no inactive paths;
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- a plurality of multi-fiber optical connectors having installed therein the plurality of optical fibers from a second end of the optical fibers, wherein the plurality of multi-fiber optical connectors comprises two twenty-four fiber optical connectors respectively comprising twenty active optical paths and a twelve fiber optical connector comprising eight active optical paths.
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A method, comprising:
- installing a first end of a cable comprising a plurality of optical fibers to a plurality of optical paths related to a first multi-fiber optical connector and a second multi-fiber optical connector, wherein the plurality of optical paths are active;
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- installing a second end of the cable comprising the plurality of optical fibers to a set of multi-fiber optical connectors, wherein a sum of optical paths of the set of multi-fiber optical connectors is greater than the plurality of optical paths related to the first multi-fiber optical connector and the second multi-fiber optical connector, and wherein the set of multi-fiber optical connectors comprises two twenty-four fiber optical connectors respectively comprising twenty active optical paths and a twelve fiber optical connector comprising eight active optical paths.
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