Array connector test harness for single-ended optical test instruments
US8670110B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 8, 2012 |
| Grant date | Mar 11, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 15, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B6/3827
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A system, apparatus and method for testing optical fiber systems by providing a near-end and far-end harness that loops the set of fibers in the fiber system together. The near-end harness has an interface to connect to the tester. The tester then effects testing on the entire set of fibers, which are looped together by the configuration of the two harnesses creating a single optical path that traverses the entire set or subset of fibers in the network, so a launched test signal propagates through the entire set of looped fibers, providing measurement results for the fibers.
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