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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2010
Filed:
May. 05, 2004
Michelle D Fabian, Horseheads, NY (US);
Edward J Fewkes, Horseheads, NY (US);
Huan-hung Sheng, Charlotte, NC (US);
Michael J Winningham, Big Flats, NY (US);
Michelle D Fabian, Horseheads, NY (US);
Edward J Fewkes, Horseheads, NY (US);
Huan-Hung Sheng, Charlotte, NC (US);
Michael J Winningham, Big Flats, NY (US);
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to optical fiber coating systems capable of providing a high degree of microbend protection to an optical fiber, and an optical fiber coated therewith. According to one embodiment of the invention, an optical fiber coating system includes a primary coating and a secondary coating, wherein when a ribbon having twelve large effective area optical fibers coated with the coating system is subjected to the ribbon optical performance test at a wavelength of 1550 nm, the average change in attenuation is about 0.020 dB/km or less.