Patent ID: 6873772

Claim:
An optical fiber tape, comprising: a fiber array adapted to be connected to an optical waveguide; a fixation section; a tape fiber including a plurality of tape sections, each tape section produced by aligning a plurality of optical fibers and forming the aligned optical fibers into a tape section, said tape sections being fixed to the fiber array, said plurality of optical fibers, over a portion of said tape fiber between the fiber array and the fixation section, being separated into a predetermined number of optical fiber groups which is smaller in number than the number of said plurality of optical fibers, said groups being fixed to the fixation section; a rearrangement section for rearranging the optical fibers, said rearrangement section being located at the fixation section or a position near the fixation section; and a protective tube covering said plurality of optical fibers over said portion of the tape fiber.