WO2004074875A3 - Fiber optic apparatus and method for cross-connecting optical fibers - Google Patents

Fiber optic apparatus and method for cross-connecting optical fibers Download PDF

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WO2004074875A3
WO2004074875A3 PCT/US2004/003771 US2004003771W WO2004074875A3 WO 2004074875 A3 WO2004074875 A3 WO 2004074875A3 US 2004003771 W US2004003771 W US 2004003771W WO 2004074875 A3 WO2004074875 A3 WO 2004074875A3
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fiber optic
optical fibers
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Maurice X Sun
Igor Grois
Jerome M Scherwin
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Molex LLC
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
    • G02B6/36—Mechanical coupling means
    • G02B6/3608—Fibre wiring boards, i.e. where fibres are embedded or attached in a pattern on or to a substrate, e.g. flexible sheets
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
    • G02B6/36—Mechanical coupling means
    • G02B6/38—Mechanical coupling means having fibre to fibre mating means
    • G02B6/3807—Dismountable connectors, i.e. comprising plugs
    • G02B6/3873—Connectors using guide surfaces for aligning ferrule ends, e.g. tubes, sleeves, V-grooves, rods, pins, balls
    • G02B6/3885—Multicore or multichannel optical connectors, i.e. one single ferrule containing more than one fibre, e.g. ribbon type
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
    • G02B6/42—Coupling light guides with opto-electronic elements
    • G02B6/43—Arrangements comprising a plurality of opto-electronic elements and associated optical interconnections

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  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Mechanical Coupling Of Light Guides (AREA)
  • Light Guides In General And Applications Therefor (AREA)

Abstract

A fiber optic apparatus (10) and method are provided for cross-connecting the individual optical fibers (12) of a plurality of fiber optic ribbons (14, 16). A plurality of individual optical fibers (12) are routed on a flat substrate (18) to form at least one first fiber optic ribbon (14) leading onto the substrate and at least one second fiber optic ribbon (16) leading away from the substrate (18) to a terminating end of the ribbon. The individual optical fibers of at least the second fiber optic ribbon being routed in a predetermined sequence (20) from one side of the ribbon to an opposite side thereof. The individual optical fibers (12) at the terminating end (22) of the second fiber optic ribbon are cut-off . at different lengths in a predetermined pattern correlated to the predetermined sequence (20) of fibers in order to visually identify any fiber which is out of the predetermined sequence (20).
PCT/US2004/003771 2003-02-18 2004-02-10 Fiber optic apparatus and method for cross-connecting optical fibers Ceased WO2004074875A2 (en)

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DE602004016962T DE602004016962D1 (en) 2003-02-18 2004-02-10 Fiber optic cross-connects
EP04709829A EP1595174B1 (en) 2003-02-18 2004-02-10 Method for cross connecting optical fibers

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US10/371,314 2003-02-18
US10/371,314 US6721042B1 (en) 2003-02-18 2003-02-18 Fiber optic apparatus and method for cross-connecting optical fibers

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EP1182483A2 (en) * 2000-08-24 2002-02-27 Molex Incorporated Apparatus for fabricating optical backplanes
US20020162951A1 (en) * 2001-05-01 2002-11-07 Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. Optical wiring circuit, optical wiring circuits layered body and opto-electric wiring apparatus
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US6721042B1 (en) 2004-04-13
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