Multi-channel fiber optic communications system and multiplexer/demultiplexer arrangement therefor
US6041152A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 2, 1997 |
| Grant date | Mar 21, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 2, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04J14/0265
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In a fiber optic communications system in which channel insertion and removal is carried out by a plurality of modular cascaded multiplexer and demultiplexer components, the respective common outputs and inputs of the multiplexer and demultiplexer components are connected to bi-directional or uni-directional combiners arranged to combine or separate groups of channels for transmission over a single fiber transmission cable. The combiners each include one or more optical circulators.
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