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Prefabricated optical fiber ribbon cable for connectorizing with a terminal connector and methods of connectorizing and fabricating the same

  • US 6,442,318 B1
  • Filed: 11/22/2000
  • Issued: 08/27/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/23/1999
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An elongated optical fiber cable for connectorization to a multifiber terminal connector having a plurality of laterally spaced fiber-receiving channels, the optical fiber cable comprising:

  • at least two elongated optical fibers comprising a first optical fiber and a second optical fiber, each optical fiber having first and second ends, a fiber center, a fiber width and a fiber height and being fabricated from a first material;

    at least one connectorization region including at least one spacer fiber fabricated from a third material and having a length, a spacer center, a width and a height, the at least one spacer fiber being abuttingly positioned between the first and second optical fibers to maintain the fiber centers of the adjacent optical fibers within predetermined lateral center-to-center spacing tolerances along the length of the at least one spacer fiber; and

    an encapsulation layer fabricated from a second material supporting the optical fibers and the at least one spacer fiber in their predetermined relative positions, the second and third materials being at least one of (i) respectively more soluble than the first material in a first solution and a second solution and (ii) more soluble in a common solution than the first material from which the optical fibers are fabricated.

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