HIGH-DENSITY FIBER OPTIC BACKPLANE, METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME, AND FIBER OPTIC NETWORK ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A FIBER OPTIC BACKPLANE

摘要

01 A fiber optic backplane has a casing portion and multiple fiber optic ribbons that extend from the same location of the casing portion. Such a backplane is well-suited for high density connections and can operate without significant light energy loss. One arrangement includes multiple optical fibers, a casing and a set of ribbon coatings. The casing holds casing portions of the optical fibers. The set of ribbon coatings holds ribbon portions of the optical fibers in rows to form multiple optical fiber ribbons. Each ribbon coating of the set of ribbon coatings attaches to the casing at a same location of the casing such that the optical fiber ribbons extend from the same location of the casing. The multiple optical fiber ribbons which extend from the same casing location enable higher optical fiber densities than conventional fiber optic backplanes which only have parallel ribbon portions extending from different locations (e.g., centimeters apart) of a central backplane portion.