Plastic and glass optical fiber bus network having plural line replaceable units transmitting to a mixing rod

US11300730B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Boeing Company · US

Inventors

• Eric Y. Chan · Mercer Island, US
• Dennis G. Koshinz · Bellevue, US
• Tuong K. Truong · Redmond, US
• Henry B. Pang · Mercer Island, US
• William E. Lawrence · Edgewood, US
• Clete M. Boldrin · Bellevue, US
• Angela W. Li · Everett, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 30, 2013
• Grant date: Apr 12, 2022
• Expiry date: Nov 21, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04Q1/00
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An optical network architecture can include a first pair of tapered mixing rods and a second pair of tapered mixing rods. A first plurality of plastic optical fibers is communicatively coupled from the first pair of tapered mixing rods to a first plurality of line replaceable components, and a second plurality of plastic optical fibers is communicatively coupled from the second pair of tapered mixing rods to a second plurality of line replaceable components. At least one optical fiber communicatively coupled from the first pair of tapered mixing rods to the second pair of tapered mixing rods, the at least one optical transmission line comprising a hard clad silica optical fiber.