Flexible optical fiber ribbons and methods of formation thereof
US10718917B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 24, 2018 |
| Grant date | Jul 21, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 24, 2038 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B6/448
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An optical fiber cable includes a plurality of flexible ribbons, a plurality of first bonding regions and a second bonding region. Each of the plurality of flexible ribbons includes a plurality of optical fibers. Adjacent ones of the plurality of optical fibers are attached to each other by one of the plurality of first bonding regions. The second bonding region joins a first one of the plurality of flexible ribbons with a second one of the plurality of flexible ribbons.
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