Patent ID: 9529172
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: G02B,H04J

Claim Text:
1. A breakout cable comprising: a data-lane module comprising a plurality of data lanes configured to send and receive a plurality of data signals; a plurality of breakout modules, each breakout module associated with a corresponding data lane; a plurality of active optical cables, each active optical cable interfacing with the data-lane module, a corresponding one of the plurality of breakout modules, and a corresponding data lane to allow the plurality of signals to be sent and/or received between the data-lane module and the corresponding one of the breakout modules at a nominal 25 Gbps, and a cable split that connects the plurality of active optical cables with a channeled-cable connected to the data-lane module, wherein the channeled-cable comprises a plurality of data channels, each data channel interfacing with a corresponding data lane of the data-lane module.