Patent ID: 8699838
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A fiber optic furcation module, comprising at least one planar wave guide card; a first adapter assigned to the at least one planar wave guide card, the first adapter comprising a plurality of adapter ports for optical fibers terminated in an optical fiber ribbon connector; a plurality of second adapters assigned to the at least one planar wave guide card, each of said second adapters comprising one adapter port or two adapter ports, the one or two adapter ports being operative to receive respective single optical fiber connectors terminated with single optical fibers; a plurality of fiber optic transmission channels provided by the at least one planar wave guide card, the fiber optic transmission channels providing optical traces being operative to transmit and/or receive optical wavelength signals and connecting each adapter port of said first adapter with at least one of said one adapter port or said two adapter ports of one of said second adapters.