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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:
Jan. 23, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2021
Applicant:
Exfo Inc., Quebec, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
EXFO Inc., Quebec, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 11/00 (2006.01); H04B 10/071 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 11/3154 (2013.01); G01M 11/3136 (2013.01); H04B 10/071 (2013.01);
Abstract
There are provided methods and systems for testing the continuity of optical fiber links under test and/or a fiber arrangement, polarity or mapping of optical fiber connections within optical devices under test using the backscattering pattern as a signature. The device under test may comprises a single fiber, a duplex link, a multifiber cable or another multi-port device such as a backplane device.