Patent ID: 11880078
Assignee: CORNING OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS RF, LLC
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. An optical communication cable, comprising:
a cable jacket formed having an inner surface that defines a cavity, wherein the optical communication cable has an outer diameter of no greater than 12 millimeters;
a plurality of buffer tubes in the cavity, each buffer tube having an inner diameter of between 0.5 and 3.0 millimeters, wherein the buffer tubes carry optical fibers, wherein the optical fibers in the buffer tubes have EFL of about 0.1% or less per optical fiber on average;
a thin film binder surrounding the buffer tubes, the thin film binder formed from a first polyethylene material, wherein the thin film binder is contiguous in a circumferential direction around the buffer tubes and is contiguous in an axial direction, and wherein the thin film binder applies a radial inwardly directed force to the outer surface of the buffer tubes;
wherein the cable jacket is thicker than the thin film binder, and wherein a wall thickness of the cable jacket is at least 0.3 millimeters.