公开(公告)号：US09778419B1

公开(公告)日：2017-10-03

申请号：US15191427

申请日：2016-06-23

Applicant: The Boeing Company

Inventor： Eric Y. Chan ,  Dennis G. Koshinz ,  Tuong K. Truong ,  Henry B. Pang

IPC: G02B6/28 ,  G02B6/255 ,  G02B6/02

CPC classification number: G02B6/2808 ,  G02B6/02038 ,  G02B6/255 ,  G02B6/262 ,  G02B6/2804 ,  G02B6/2821 ,  G02B6/2826 ,  G02B6/3885 ,  H04B10/25 ,  H04B10/2507

Abstract: An optical network having at least one star coupler comprising transmit and receive optical mixers which are respectively optically coupled to transmitters and receivers of a plurality of optical-electrical media converters. Each optical-electrical media converter comprises a respective receiver optically coupled to the receive optical mixer by way of plastic optical fibers and a respective transmitter optically coupled to the transmit optical mixer by way of plastic optical fibers. The output plastic optical fibers attached to an output face of the receive optical mixer have a diameter less than the diameter of the input plastic optical fibers attached to an input face of the receive optical mixer.

公开(公告)号：US20150037046A1

公开(公告)日：2015-02-05

申请号：US13954674

申请日：2013-07-30

Applicant: The Boeing Company

Inventor： Eric Y. Chan ,  Dennis G. Koshinz ,  Tuong Kien Truong ,  Henry B. Pang

IPC: G02B6/28 ,  H04B10/291

CPC classification number: G02B6/2808 ,  G02B6/262 ,  H04B10/278

Abstract: An optical network architecture can include a first pair of tapered mixing rods and a second pair of tapered mixing rods. The optical network architecture can also include a first plurality of plastic optical fibers communicatively coupled from the first pair of tapered mixing rods to a first plurality of line replaceable units and a second plurality of plastic optical fibers communicatively coupled from the second pair of tapered mixing rods to a second plurality of line replaceable units. The optical network architecture can also include at least one plastic optical fiber communicatively coupled from the first pair of tapered mixing rods to the second pair of tapered mixing rods.

Abstract translation: 光网络架构可以包括第一对锥形混合杆和第二对锥形混合杆。 光网络架构还可以包括从第一对锥形混合杆通信耦合到第一多个线路可更换单元的第一多个塑料光纤，以及从第二对锥形混合杆通信耦合的第二多个塑料光纤 到第二多个线路可更换单元。 光网络架构还可以包括至少一个塑料光纤，其通过第一对锥形混合杆通向耦合到第二对锥形混合杆。