Automated method for fabrication of parallel multifiber cable assemblies with integral connector components

Nicholas A. Lee; Scott A. Igl; Barbara A. DeBaun; Gordon D. Henson; Terry L. Smith

doi:10.1117/12.271073

4 April 1997 Automated method for fabrication of parallel multifiber cable assemblies with integral connector components

Nicholas A. Lee, Scott A. Igl, Barbara A. DeBaun, Gordon D. Henson, Terry L. Smith

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Proceedings Volume 3005, Optoelectronic Interconnects and Packaging IV; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.271073
Event: Photonics West '97, 1997, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

The unrelenting demand for ever-higher data transfer rates between computing devices, coupled with the emerging ability to produce robust, monolithic arrays of optical sources and detectors has fueled the development of high-speed parallel optical data links, and created a need for connectorized, parallel, multifiber cable assemblies. An innovative approach to the cable assembly manufacturing process has been developed which incorporates the connector installation process into the cable fabrication process, thus enabling the production of connectorized cable assemblies in a continuous, automated manner. This cable assembly fabrication process, as well as critical details surrounding the process, will be discussed.

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Nicholas A. Lee, Scott A. Igl, Barbara A. DeBaun, Gordon D. Henson, and Terry L. Smith "Automated method for fabrication of parallel multifiber cable assemblies with integral connector components", Proc. SPIE 3005, Optoelectronic Interconnects and Packaging IV, (4 April 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.271073

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