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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2014
Tyco Electronics Uk Ltd, Dorcan, Swindon, Wiltshire, GB;
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Berwyn, PA (US);
Tyco Electronics Raychem Bvba, Kessel-Lo, BE;
David Brown, Bury St Edmunds, GB;
David Mather, Altrincham, GB;
Robert Neil Shaddock, Doylestown, PA (US);
William Atley Weeks, Ivyland, PA (US);
Joris Franckx, Bonheiden, BE;
Jan Jozef Julia Maria Erreygers, Tielt-Winge, BE;
David Brown, Suffolk, GB;
David Mather, Cheshire, GB;
Robert Neil Shaddock, Doylestown, PA (US);
William Atley Weeks, Ivyland, PA (US);
Joris Franckx, Bonheiden, BE;
Jan Jozef Julia Maria Erreygers, Tielt-Winge, BE;
CommScope Connectivity UK Limited, London, GB;
CommScope Technologies LLC, Hickory, NC (US);
CommScope Connectivity Belgium BVBA, Kessel-Lo, BE;
Abstract
A hybrid service terminal for use in a passive fiber optic network comprises a plurality of optical fiber connectors, each coupled to a respective optical fiber for receiving downstream optical frames from an Optical Line Terminal (OLT); a plurality of hybrid fiber/copper connectors, each of the hybrid fiber/copper connectors coupled to a respective one of the plurality of optical fiber connectors; and a plurality of electrical connectors configured to receive electrical signals from a multi-line converter module over a respective one of a plurality of electrical conductors. One of the plurality of hybrid fiber/copper connectors is configured to provide the downstream optical frames to the multi-line converter module for conversion to the electrical signals. Each of the plurality of electrical connectors is coupled to a respective one of the plurality of hybrid fiber/copper connectors for providing the electrical signals over a respective metallic drop cable coupled to a respective network terminal at a corresponding customer premise.