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Flexible optical circuit, cassettes, and methods

  • US 10,317,638 B2
  • Filed: 01/19/2018
  • Issued: 06/11/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/05/2012
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A cassette that houses a fiber optic circuit, the cassette comprising:

  • a flexible optical circuit including a substrate that is housed within a body of the cassette and a plurality of coated optical fibers supported by the substrate;

    wherein the optical fibers include a first plurality that connect between two multi-fiber connectors and are signal-transmitting fibers, and a second plurality that only connect to one multi-fiber connector and are dark fibers, wherein each multi-fiber connector of the cassette is mounted to a separate extension of the flexible substrate, wherein at least one of the multi-fiber connectors of the cassette is connected to a fiber optic adapter that is provided as part of the body of the cassette.

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