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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2013
Adc Telecommunications, Inc., Shakopee, MN (US);
Joseph C. Coffey, Burnsville, MN (US);
Kamlesh G. Patel, Chanhassen, MN (US);
Kevin Glenn Ressler, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Hutch Coburn, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
ADC Telecommunications, Inc., Shakopee, MN (US);
Abstract
Embodiments described herein are directed to a cable assembly including at least a first optical fiber extending from a first end to a second end and an active optical module (AOM) attached to the first end of the first optical fiber and including a first storage device that is electrically connected to the electrical connector. The cable assembly also includes a passive optical connector terminating the second end of the first optical fiber and including a second storage device. The first storage device includes an AOM identifier stored therein identifying the active optical module and the second storage device includes first information stored therein indicating that the first end of the first optical fiber is associated with the AOM identifier.