Patent ID: 7689079

Claim:
An optical fiber interconnection device, comprising: first and second twelve-port connectors respectively having ports 1 P 12 ( 1 ) through 1 P 12 ( 12 ) and ports 2 P 12 ( 1 ) through 2 P 12 ( 12 ); first, second and third eight-port connectors respectively having ports 1 P 8 ( 1 ) through 1 P 8 ( 8 ), ports 2 P 8 ( 1 ) through 2 P 8 ( 8 ), and ports 3 P 8 ( 1 ) through 3 P 8 ( 8 ); and an array of optical fibers configured to connect the ports as follows (where {a1, b1 . . . } {a2, b2 . . . } denotes connecting a1 to a2, b1 to b2, etc): i) { 1 P 8 ( 1 ), 1 P 8 ( 3 ), 1 P 8 ( 5 ), 1 P 8 ( 7 )} { 1 P 12 ( 1 ), 1 P 12 ( 2 ), 1 P 12 ( 3 ), 1 P 12 ( 4 )}; ii) { 1 P 8 ( 2 ), 1 P 8 ( 4 ), 1 P 8 ( 6 ), 1 P 8 ( 8 )} { 1 P 12 ( 12 ), 1 P 12 ( 11 ), 1 P 12 ( 10 ), 1 P 12 ( 9 )}; iii) { 2 P 8 ( 1 ), 2 P 8 ( 3 ), 2 P 8 ( 5 ), 2 P 8 ( 7 )} { 1 P 12 ( 5 ), 1 P 12 ( 6 ), 2 P 12 ( 1 ), 2 P 12 ( 2 )}; iv) { 2 P 8 ( 2 ), 2 P 8 ( 4 ), 2 P 8 ( 6 ), 2 P 8 ( 8 )} { 1 P 12 ( 8 ), 1 P 12 ( 7 ), 2 P 12 ( 12 ), 2 P 12 ( 11 )}; v) { 3 P 8 ( 1 ), 3 P 8 ( 3 ), 3 P 8 ( 5 ), 3 P 8 ( 7 )} { 2 P 12 ( 3 ), 2 P 12 ( 4 ), 2 P 12 ( 5 ), 2 P 12 ( 6 )}; and vi) { 3 P 8 ( 2 ), 3 P 8 ( 4 ), 3 P 8 ( 6 ), 3 P 8 ( 8 )} { 2 P 12 ( 10 ), 2 P 12 ( 9 ), 2 P 12 ( 8 ), 2 P 12 ( 7 )}.