WO2005121858A1 - Optical fiber array connectivity system utilizing angle polished ferrules and aligned-key adapters and cable for same - Google Patents
Optical fiber array connectivity system utilizing angle polished ferrules and aligned-key adapters and cable for sameInfo
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Definitions
- the present invention is directed generally to fiber optic ribbon cables, connectors, adapters, and patching systems.
- Optical fibers are commonly used today for the transmission of signals of all sorts, including communication and data signals.
- Optical fibers can be single mode fibers (typically employed in long-distance communication), which have only one strong propagation mode, or multi-mode fibers, in which light transmitted in the different modes arrives at different times, resulting in dispersion of the transmitted signal.
- Single mode fibers transmit signals between transceivers (i.e., devices that can both transmit and receive optical signals) via pairs of fibers. More specifically, one fiber of the pair will transmit signals from the first transceiver to the second, and the other fiber of the pair will transmit signals from the second transceiver to the first.
- a common optical system includes multiple transceivers at one end, patch cord pairs that are connected to the transceivers and to a duplex adapter mounted on a patch panel, a fan-out unit connected to the duplex adapter that connects to a multi-fiber ribbon cable (12 fibers per ribbon is common) via an array adapter, a second fan-out unit connected to the opposite end of the ribbon cable via a second array adapter, and corresponding transceivers connected via patch cord pairs to the second fan-out unit through another duplex adapter.
- Method A One method, termed “Method A,” is intended to "link multiple duplex optical transceiver ports or to link two parallel optics transceiver ports . . .”
- Systems built using Method A utilize Type A ribbon cables, Type A adapters, Type A transitions and 568B.3 patch cords.
- One of the characteristics of a Method A optical path is that the array adapters are "key up to key up,” or “aligned-key” style adapters. This term refers to the orientation of small projections, or "keys,” located on the terminating bodies of cables that enable one connecting the cables to orient them correctly relative to the adapter (an incorrectly oriented cable would align the wrong fibers, which would prevent proper transmission of optical signals).
- Aligned-key adapters are less traditional for array connectors than the standard "key up to key down, or
- array connectors include MPO's as an example
- body mark any visual indicia, often a white paint mark
- the body marks of an array connector are located on the same side of the cable as a fiber designated "Fiber 1" and are to be on the left side of the body portion when viewed facing the exposed ends of the optical fibers with the key projecting upwardly.
- Angle polishing is typically preferred for single mode applications, as it reduces the risk that inadvertent light reflection from the end of the fiber will occur during transmission.
- angle polishing of ferrules requires that mating ferrules be oppositely angled; e., the angled face of one of the mating ferrules must face slightly upwardly and the angled face of the other ferrule must face slightly downwardly in order for these faces to abut correctly for light transmission.
- Each ferrule of an array connector will typically include a ferrule mark (again, typically some visual indicia such as a paint mark or molded- in designation) that indicates to one terminating the cable how to orient the ribbon of fibers in the ferrule prior to bonding and polishing.
- the ferrule mark is located on the same side of the cable as the aforementioned Fiber 1 and is also on the same side of the cable as the connector body mark. This placement instructs the installer to polish the contact surface such that, when the ferrule is viewed from the side of the ferrule that includes the ferrule mark with the exposed fibers facing to the right, the lower edge of the ferrule is worn away during the Attorney Docket No. 9457-14 polishing process.
- the key on the connector body is facing up.
- inventions of the present invention can enable a data communication system to meet the requirements of the addendum to TIA 568-B.3 written by TIA TR 42.8 regarding array connectivity polarity while still providing the performance enhancements of angle polished terminations.
- embodiments of the present invention are directed to a fiber optic ribbon cable.
- the cable comprises: a plurality of substantially parallel optical fibers formed into a ribbon, the ribbon extending in a longitudinal direction and having first and second ends; and a termination assembly attached at each of the first and second ends of the ribbon.
- Each of the termination assemblies includes a body and a ferrule, the body having a key on an upper surface thereof, and the ferrule having a polished contact surface that exposes ends of the optical fibers.
- inventions of the present invention are directed to a data communication system, comprising: first and second transceivers; first and second fan-out units; first and second adapters connected Attorney Docket No. 9457-14 with the first and second fan-out units; and a ribbon trunk cable.
- Each fan-out unit includes a plurality of optical fibers.
- the first fan-out unit is optically connected with the first transceiver via a first pair of optical fibers
- the second fan-out unit is optically connected with the second transceiver via a second pair of optical fibers.
- Each of the first and second fan-out units further includes a ferrule with a polished contact surface exposing the ends of the plurality of optical fibers, the contact surface being at an oblique angle relative to a plane normal to axes of the optical fibers.
- Each of the termination bodies of the first and second fan-out units includes a key projecting upwardly from an upper surface thereof.
- the ribbon trunk cable comprises: a plurality of substantially parallel optical fibers formed into a ribbon, the ribbon extending in a longitudinal direction and having first and second ends; a termination assembly attached at each of the first and second ends of the ribbon, each of the termination assemblies including a body and a ferrule, the body having a key on an upper surface thereof, and the ferrule having a polished contact surface that exposes ends of the optical fibers.
- the contact surface forms an oblique angle relative to a plane normal to axes defined by the fibers.
- the termination assembly of the first end of the trunk cable is connected to the first adapter, and the termination assembly of the second end of the truck cable is connected to the second adapter. Either (a) each ferrule contact surface of the ribbon trunk cable faces slightly upwardly, or (b) each contact surface of the ribbon trunk cable faces slightly downwardly.
- Figure 1 A is a schematic top view of an embodiment of a ribbon cable of the present invention.
- Figure IB is a side view of the ribbon cable of Figure 1A.
- Figure 2 is a perspective view of an array adapter that can be used with the ribbon cable of Figure 1A.
- Figure 3A is a schematic top view of an embodiment of a fan- out unit for use with the ribbon cable of Figure 1A.
- Figure 3B is a side view of the fan-out unit of Figure 3A.
- Attorney Docket No. 9457-14 [0017]
- Figure 4A is a schematic top view of a data transmission system employing a ribbon cable of Figure 1A.
- Figure 4B is a partial side view of a connection between the terminal of the ribbon cable of Figure 1A and the fan-out unit of Figure 3 A.
- Figure 5 is a schematic top view of an alternative data transmission system employing a ribbon cable of Figure 1A.
- a fiber optic ribbon cable designated broadly at 10, is illustrated in Figures 1A and IB.
- the cable 10 includes a ribbon 12 and termination assemblies 15, 15' at either end of the ribbon 12. These components are described in greater detail below.
- the ribbon 12 comprises
- optical fibers 14 each of which has a core and a protective cladding.
- the fibers Attorney Docket No. 9457-14
- optical fibers 14 are arranged in parallel relationship to form the ribbon 12. It is conventional to refer to the fibers of a ribbon individually as Fiber 1 , Fiber 2, etc., for the sake of clarity; in the illustrated ribbon 12, Fiber 1 is nearest the top edge of Figure 1A, Fiber 2 is below and adjacent Fiber 1, and so on, with Fiber 12 being the lowermost fiber in Figure 1A.
- Other conventions associated with the fibers 14 include color and the like and are set forth in TIA/EIA-598, "Optical Fiber Cable Color Coding".
- the structure and composition of typical optical fibers is well known to those skilled in this art and need not be described in detail herein. In some embodiments, the optical fibers are single mode fibers.
- the terminal assembly 15 includes a ferrule 22 that is attached to the ribbon 12, a body 18 that is attached to the ferrule 22, and a boot 16 that is attached to the body 18.
- the construction and interconnection of the boot 16, body 18 and ferrule 22 are well-known to those skilled in this art and need not be described in detail herein.
- the ferrule 22 includes a contact surface 28 that exposes the fibers 14 to mating fibers in a mating component.
- the contact surface 28 faces slightly upwardly, angled relative to a plane FS normal to the axes of the fibers 14 at an angle ⁇ .
- the angle ⁇ is between about 5 and 15 degrees; for example, an angle of 8 degrees is specified in TIA-604-5B for MPO connectors.
- the body 18 includes an alignment key 26 on its top surface.
- the body 18 may also include a body mark 20
- the body mark 20 is on the same side of a bisecting surface BS (which vertically bisects the body 18 and ferrule 22) as the Attorney Docket No. 9457-14 aforementioned Fiber 1.
- the body mark 20 may be any visual indicia (such as a paint mark) understood by those skilled in this art as being appropriate for identifying the proper orientation of the terminal assembly 15.
- the illustrated ferrule 22 includes an optional ferrule mark 24 (as with an MPO connector) that identifies for an operator the proper orientation of the fibers 14 and the ferrule 22 during polishing of the contact surface 28.
- the ferrule mark 24 is positioned on the ferrule 22 on the side of the bisecting surface BS opposite that of the body mark 20; Le , on the same side as Fiber 12.
- the operator is to insert the fibers 14 into the ferrule 22 such that Fiber 12 is on the same side of the ferrule 22 as the ferrule mark 24 (this varies from conventional fiber insertion).
- the terminal assembly 15' includes a boot 16', a body 18' and a ferrule 22' that are similar in construction to the terminal assembly 15.
- the key 26' projects upwardly, and the angled contact surface 28' faces slightly upwardly and forms an angle ⁇ ' with a plane normal to the axes of the fibers 14 as they terminate at the ferrule 22'.
- the differences between the terminal assembly 15' and the terminal assembly 15 include (a) the placement of the body mark 20' on the side of the ribbon 12 that corresponds to Fiber 12 and (b) the placement of the ferrule mark 24' (if included as with an MPO connector) on the side of the ribbon 12 that corresponds to Fiber 1. These placements result in the body marks 18, 18' being positioned on opposite sides of the ribbon 12 (i.e., on opposite sides of the bisecting plane BS and the keys 26, 26'), and the ferrule marks 24, 24' also being positioned on opposite sides of the ribbon 12, with the ferrule and body marks on each end of the cable 10 being on opposite sides of their respective terminal assemblies 15, 15'.
- an MPO adapter designated broadly at 30, is illustrated therein.
- the adapter 30 includes an opening 31 that passes therethrough.
- a keyway 32 also extends through the adapter 30 contiguous with the opening 31 and is sized and configured to receive either of the keys 26, 26' Attorney Docket No. 9457-14 from the cable 10 as well as a mating key from another component, such as a fan- out unit.
- Latches 34 extend slightly into the opening to engage and secure a respective terminal assembly 15, 15'.
- the exemplary MPO adapters and other array adapters suitable for use with embodiments of the present invention are well- known to those skilled in this art, and their construction and materials need not be described in further detail herein.
- a fan-out unit designated broadly at 36, includes a ribbon portion 38 comprising optical fibers 39, a transition piece 54, a terminal assembly 37, and single fiber connectors 56a-561.
- the ribbon portion 38 extends between the terminal assembly 37 and the transition piece 54; from the transition piece 54, the fibers 39 separate or “fan out” into pairs before terminating in respective single fiber connectors 56a-561.
- the pairing of the fibers 39 follows an "outside-in" convention prescribed in the addendum proposed by TIA TR-42.8 to TIA 568-B.3 and identified as Method A, such that Fibers 1 and 12 are paired, Fibers 2 and 11 are paired, and so on until Fibers 6 and 7 are paired.
- This pairing arrangement is also described in U.S. Patent No. 6,785,600 to Del Grosso et al., the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
- the terminal assembly 37 includes a boot 40, a body 42 and a ferrule 46 like those described above in connection with the cable 10, with the exceptions that the ribbon portion 38, the ferrule 46, the angle polish, and the body 42 are conventionally terminated; as in the exemplary MPO connector, (a) the body mark 44 and ferrule mark 48 are on the same side of the ribbon portion 38 and on the same side as Fiber 1, and (b) although the key 50 projects upwardly from the ferrule 46, the angled contact surface 52 of the ferrule 46 faces slightly downwardly. As discussed below, this orientation of the contact surface 52 enables the terminal assembly 37 of the fan-out unit 36 to mate with the terminal assembly 15 of the cable 10.
- FIG. 4A illustrates a data transmission system 60 that employs the cable 10, two array adapters 30 and two identical fan-out units 36 of the type described above.
- the system 60 also includes a number of transceivers 66, 66' located at the far ends of the system 60 (only two transceivers are shown herein for the purpose of clarity).
- the transceivers 66, 66' may be any number of devices that transmit and receive optical data over optical fiber networks, including computers, telephones, servers and routers. Each transceiver 66, 66' is connected with a corresponding pair of conventional, TIA/EIA-568-B.3 compliant patch cords 64, 64'. The patch cords 64, 64' are in turn connected with ports in one of two duplex adapters 62, 62', the construction and function of which will be understood by those skilled in this art.
- the single fiber connectors 56a-561 of each fan-out unit 36 plug into a respective duplex adapter 62, 62' in pairs as described above and illustrated in Figures 4 A and 4B.
- a second identical fan-out assembly 36 is connected to a respective terminal assembly 15, 15' of the cable 10 via one of the array adapters 30.
- the connections between the fan-out units 36 and the terminal assemblies 15, 15' of the cable 10 are "key-up to key-up," which matches the requirements of the addendum proposed by TIA TR-42.8 to TIA 568-B.3 and identified as Method A.
- the contact surfaces 28, 28' of the terminal assemblies 15, 15' which face slightly upwardly, are able to mate with the contact surfaces 52 of the fan-out units 36, which face slightly downwardly.
- an optical signal originating there would travel through the patch cord 64 labeled "Fiber 12" to the duplex adaptor 62.
- the signal would then travel through the signal fiber connector 56b into Fiber 12 of the fan-out assembly 36, which conveys the signal to the array adapter 30.
- the signal is transmitted through the terminal assembly 15 to Fiber 1 of the cable 10, which is aligned with Fiber 12 of the fan-out assembly 36.
- the signal travels through the cable 10 in Fiber 1 to the terminal assembly 15', through the second array adapter 30, and into the second fan-out unit 36, where the signal is transmitted to Fiber 1 thereof.
- the signal then travels in Fiber 1 of the second fan- out unit 36 through the single fiber connector 56a, the duplex adapter 62', Fiber 1 of the patch cord pair 64", and into the receive portion Rx of the transceiver 66'.
- the signal is properly transmitted from the transmitting portion of the transceiver 66 to the receiving portion of the transceiver 66'.
- a parallel transmission path can be traced from the transmitting portion Tx of the transceiver 66' to the receiving portion Rx of the transceiver 66.
- the signal travels from the transmitting portion Tx of the transceiver 66' through Fiber 12 of the patch cord pair 64', through the duplex adapter 62' into Fiber 12 of the second fan- out unit 36, through the second array adapter 30 into Fiber 12 of the cable 10, through the first array adapter 30 and into Fiber 1 of the first fan-out unit 36, and through the duplex adapter 62 into Fiber 1 of the patch cord pair 64 for delivery into the receiving portion Rx of the transceiver 66.
- the signal is properly transmitted from the transmitting portion Tx of the transceiver 66' to the receiving portion Rx of the transceiver 66.
- the cable 10 can be configured such that, rather than the contact surfaces 28 of the ferrules 22, 22' facing slightly upwardly, the ribbon 12 can be oriented such that the contact surfaces 28 face slightly downwardly while the keys 26 still project Attorney Docket No. 9457-14 upwardly. Such a modification would employ fan-out units 36 that have keys and contact surfaces that face slightly upwardly as their keys 50 extend upwardly.
- FIG. 5 Another system, designated broadly at 100, that can employ a cable of the present invention is illustrated in Figure 5.
- the system 100 includes a ribbon trunk cable 110 that is configured like cable 10 described above. "Aligned- key" array adapters 120, 120' are connected to each end of the cable 110.
- Ribbon patch cords 130, 130' are then connected to the array adapters 120, 120' and can, in turn be connected to array transceivers.
- the configurations of the terminal assemblies 115, 115' of the ribbon trunk cable 110 are identical to those of the cable 10 described above, and the terminal assemblies 135 of the array patch cords 130 are identical to the terminal assemblies 50 of the fan-out units 36 described above.
- the desired "key up to key up" connection of the cable 110 and patch cords 130, 130' is employed with angle polished fibers.
- Those skilled in this art will recognize that other data communication systems may also employ ribbon trunk cables of the present invention with aligned-key adapters.
- Exemplary alternative systems include ruggedized array connector-to-single fiber fanouts replacing the fan-out units 36 and 36', the duplex adapters 62 and 62', and the duplex patch cords 64 and 64' described in Figure 4A.
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