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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2019
Applicant:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Marco Mazzini, Seville, ES;
Alberto Cervasio, Cuorgne', IT;
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/00 (2013.01); G02B 6/42 (2006.01); G02B 6/44 (2006.01); H04B 10/80 (2013.01); H04B 10/40 (2013.01); H04B 10/25 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/4293 (2013.01); G02B 6/4403 (2013.01); H04B 10/25891 (2020.05); H04B 10/40 (2013.01); H04B 10/801 (2013.01); H04B 10/808 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments herein describe an intelligent optical cable that includes an optical assembly disposed between two pluggable connectors. In one embodiment, the optical assembly in the intelligent optical cable are coupled to the pluggable connectors via respective ribbons, where first ends of the ribbons are connected to the optical assembly while second ends of the ribbons are connected to respective pluggable connectors. In one embodiment, the optical assembly includes a photonic chip which performs an optical function on the optical signals propagating in the optical cable.