Optical fiber ribbon having differentially enhanced matrix to ink adhesion
US6195491A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 29, 1999 |
| Grant date | Feb 27, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 29, 2019 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B6/4404
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An optical fiber ribbon capable of being divided into two or more robust sub-units along predetermined dividing lines has a plurality of optical fibers in a substantially flat array which have a first, low, matrix-to-fiber coating, which may be a coloring ink, adhesion for facilitating mid-array or mid-span fibers access. The two fibers on either side of each of the dividing lines and adjacent thereto and to each other, have an enhanced or high matrix-to-fiber coating adhesion whereby the sub-units created by the division are sufficiently robust to retain the fibers within the matrix.
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