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Optical network architecture and terminals for use in such networks

  • US 7,444,056 B2
  • Filed: 10/20/2005
  • Issued: 10/28/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A terminal for connecting customers to an optical fiber network, the terminal comprising:

  • a terminal housing;

    an optical fiber splitter in the housing;

    an optical fiber cable stub extending from the housing, the optical fiber cable stub having an optical fiber extending therein and coupled to the splitter in the housing;

    a plurality of termination connectors connected to the housing, ones of the termination connectors having a customer optical fiber connection point accessible from outside the terminal housing and respective optical fibers extending in the housing from the termination connectors to the splitter;

    wherein the splitter is configured to couple the optical fiber from the optical fiber cable stub to the optical fibers extending from the termination connectors to couple a single optical fiber from the optical fiber cable stub to a plurality of customer optical fiber connection points.

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