Method and apparatus of cross-connecting optical fibers
US6554483B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 15, 2001 |
| Grant date | Apr 29, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 15, 2021 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B6/3608
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for cross-connecting the individual optical fibers of a plurality of fiber optic ribbons. A plurality of individual optical fibers are routed onto a substrate to form at least one first optical ribbon. The individual fibers are reorganized on the substrate to form a plurality of second fiber optic ribbons. A plurality of individual dummy optical fibers are routed onto the substrate to increase the number of individual optical fibers of the second fiber optic ribbons without including the dummy optical fibers in the at least one first fiber optic ribbon.
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