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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2013
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Eric Y. Chan, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Dennis G. Koshinz, Bellevue, WA (US);
Tuong Kien Truong, Redmond, WA (US);
Henry B. Pang, Mercer Island, WA (US);
William E. Lawrence, Edgewood, WA (US);
Clete Mark Boldrin, Bellevue, WA (US);
Angela W. Li, Everett, WA (US);
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
An optical network architecture can include a first pair of tapered mixing rods and a second pair of tapered mixing rods. A first plurality of plastic optical fibers is communicatively coupled from the first pair of tapered mixing rods to a first plurality of line replaceable components, and a second plurality of plastic optical fibers is communicatively coupled from the second pair of tapered mixing rods to a second plurality of line replaceable components. At least one optical fiber communicatively coupled from the first pair of tapered mixing rods to the second pair of tapered mixing rods, the at least one optical transmission line comprising a hard clad silica optical fiber.