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Ribbon cable with optical waveguides

US4861135A · kind A · utility

18Cited by

9References

7Claims

0Family size

Assignee

kabelmetal electro GmbH · DE

Inventors

Peter Rohner · Lüneburg, DE
Gerhard Ziemek

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 16, 1988
Grant date	Aug 29, 1989
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 16, 2008

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B6/4403
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A ribbon cable (1) having optical waveguides (2) which are laminated between two ribbons (3, 4). The ribbons (3, 4) have an adhesive layer on one side. They are bonded to the optical waveguides (2) and to each other between them as well as at the edges. The ribbons (3, 4) have the same coefficient of thermal expansion as the optical waveguides (2), they preferably consist of fiberglass-reinforced plastic.

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