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Optical interconnection network

US5253094A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 17, 1991
Grant dateOct 12, 1993
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Expiry dateSep 17, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04Q2011/0024
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An optical interconnection network includes an optical bus formed by a D-fibre embedded in a thermoplastic substrate with the flat of the D-fibre flush with the top surface of the substrate. A module similarly constructed is dimensioned to be a push fit in a wall structure formed on the substrate with the fibres and in a position to evanescently couple optical signals from one fibre to the other.

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