Optec's optical fiber flex circuit offers an innovative and flexible solution to precision fiber management that especially suitable for high fiber count backplane applications and cross-connect systems. It provides a manageable means of fiber routing from card-to-card or for the interconnection of optoelectronic devices on the PCB, offering unsurpassed size and weight reduction compared to traditional cable bundles.
 

This fully customizable flex circuit solution consists of a number of optical fibers which are encapsulated in thin protective film substrates, and to pre-terminate with customer specified interconnect interfaces include MT-based connectors (MXC, MTP, MT ferrules), or single-fiber connectors (LC, SC).
 

Flexi Circuit Fiber Shuffle for CPO Application

Flexi Circuit Fiber Shuffle provides a dedicated way to manage hundreds to thousands of fibers on the board. The thin film structure optimizes the space and thus enhance the airflow in the dense device. It is stackable to take care of multi-layer design. Optec has self-developed an automated fiber laying machine to increase productivity and stability. This supports production scalability of on-board fiber routing solution for next-gen CPO incorporated device & modules. The schematic diagram below shows how this can be applied on a CPO Ethernet Switch.

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For high fiber count optical backplane applications
- Provide high density fiber routing on a flexible thin film substrates for card-to-card or shelf-to-shelf interconnection

Fully customizable design on configurations
- Diverse substrate size, shape and packaging

Innovative design using the latest fiber optic technology
- Fiber crossovers are designed to minimize stress in optical fibers while providing complex routing of signal pathways

Allows fiber "crossovers" without performance penalty
- Superior optical performance at typical low loss < 0.05dB

Available in any routing system allowing flexibility in system design
- Custom point-to-point routing, in a shuffle, or in a logical pattern to meet specific requirements.

Example:

Item Description: Optical Flex-Circuit 96-fiber MT to MXC