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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2008
William R. Burnham, Hickory, NC (US);
Robert W. Dennis, Hickory, NC (US);
Alan W. Ugolini, Hickory, NC (US);
Terry L. Cooke, Hickory, NC (US);
Tory A. Klavuhn, Newton, NC (US);
William R. Burnham, Hickory, NC (US);
Robert W. Dennis, Hickory, NC (US);
Alan W. Ugolini, Hickory, NC (US);
Terry L. Cooke, Hickory, NC (US);
Tory A. Klavuhn, Newton, NC (US);
Corning Cable Systems LLC, Hickory, NC (US);
Abstract
Optical fiber interconnection devices, which can take the form of a module, are disclosed that include an array of optical fibers and multi-fiber optical-fiber connectors, for example, two twelve-port connectors or multiples thereof, and three eight-port connectors or multiples thereof. The array of optical fibers is color-coded and is configured to optically interconnect the ports of the two twelve-port connectors to the three eight-port connectors in a manner that preserves transmit and receive polarization. In one embodiment, the interconnection devices provide optical interconnections between twelve-fiber optical connector configurations to eight-fiber optical connector configurations, such as from twelve-fiber line cards to eight-fiber line cards, without having to make structural changes to cabling infrastructure. In one aspect, the optical fiber interconnection devices provide a migration path from duplex optics to parallel optics.