Apparatus and method for making an optical fiber amplifier
US6839163B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 1, 1999 |
| Grant date | Jan 4, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 1, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01S3/06704
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An apparatus and method for making n different types of optical amplifiers on one manufacturing line, n being equal to 2 or more. The method includes providing a supply of at least four functional groups of subunits for each of the circuits which comprise each of the optical amplifiers to be made, where at least one functional group contains at least n different types of sub-units, and where each of the sub-units in three of the functional groups includes a pluggable optical connector half and where each of the sub-units of the fourth of the functional groups includes three pluggable optical connector halves. The method further includes selecting a specific sub-unit from each of the four functional groups and plugging together each of the selected subunits to form an optical amplifier having the desired specification.
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