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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2013
Filed:
May. 06, 2010
Ronald L. Mudd, Coppell, TX (US);
Bradley S. Billman, Denton, TX (US);
Richard L. Case, Omaha, NE (US);
Paul F. Kolesar, McKinney, TX (US);
Ronald L. Mudd, Coppell, TX (US);
Bradley S. Billman, Denton, TX (US);
Richard L. Case, Omaha, NE (US);
Paul F. Kolesar, McKinney, TX (US);
CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina, Hickory, NC (US);
Abstract
Fiber adapter modules for use as interfaces at both ends of multi-fiber trunk cables position the channels of plural fiber optic transceivers onto fibers of the trunk cables in an efficient manner, such that normally dark fibers of a trunk cables are utilized. The fiber adapter modules include trunk-side ports for receiving adapters of multi-fiber trunk cables and transceiver-side ports for receiving adapters carrying both transmit channels and receive channels of fiber optic transceivers. Optical interconnections are provided within the fiber adapter modules to place at least one transmit channel or at least one receive channel of a first fiber optic transceiver at a first trunk-side port and to place at least one transmit channel or at least one receive channel of a second fiber optic transceiver at the first trunk-side port.