Flexible Optical Fiber Ribbon Cable, Fiber Optic Reformattor, and Method for Making Same Cable and Reformattor
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May 26, 2005
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Nov 25, 2003
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Nov 25, 2003
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The inventive method and apparatus relate to fiber optic ribbon cable capable of being bent and curved through a very small bend radius. The method involves an improvement to the direct-melt ribbon-cable manufacturing process, creating ribbon cables with adhered ends, and un-adhered fiber centers. Such ribbon cable overcomes typical sideways bend radius limitations. This ribbon cable is a second aspect of the invention. A reformatter is further contemplated by this invention, wherein at least two of the inventive ribbon cables are arranged to form a rectangular array of optical fibers at one end and a linear array at the other, provding a compact optical fiber reformattor for use in space limited locations.
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