EFFICIENT FIBER USAGE WITHIN PRE-TERMINATED FIBER DEVICES

摘要

A pre-terminated fiber optic connector is provided for coupling electronic components and devices. A multi-fiber optical cable assembly or multi-fiber interconnection module can facilitate optical coupling while maximizing available optical path bandwidth inherent to standard connectors. In an embodiment, a “2×24/24 to 2×20/24+1×8/12” configuration can be employed.

主权项

1. A fiber optic cable assembly, comprising:
a multi-fiber optical cable comprising optical fibers, the optical fibers comprising logical channels; a first multi-fiber optical connector having installed therein a first subset of the optical fibers comprising a first subset of the logical channels from a first end of the multi-fiber optical cable, wherein the first multi-fiber optical connector has no inactive optical paths; a second multi-fiber optical connector having installed therein a second subset of the optical fibers comprising a second subset of the logical channels from the first end of the multi-fiber optical cable, wherein the second multi-fiber optical connector has no inactive optical paths; and a plurality of multi-fiber optical connectors having installed therein the optical fibers comprising the logical channels from a second end of the multi-fiber optical cable different than the first end.