Patent ID: 7269321
Filing Date: 2007-09-11
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A system for configuring fiber optic communication channels between arrays of emitters and detectors, said system comprising: an array of light emitters; an array of light detectors; a bundle of optical fibers having an area cross-section that overlaps entirely by a substantial margin a periphery of the array of light emitters and a periphery of the array of light detectors, said bundle of optical fibers being disposed, without a particular alignment, between said arrays of light emitters and light detectors for conducting light from said light emitters to said light detectors, wherein a diameter of each optical fiber in said bundle is greater than a diameter of light emitted from each light emitter in said array; logic for mapping at least one emitter to at least one detector to establish at least one fiber optic communication channel between the array of light emitters and the array of light detectors; means for measuring a data error rate of the at least one communication channel; and means for reconfiguring the mapping based on the measured data error rate thereof.