Method of intermittently bonding optical fibers and intermittently bonded optical fiber ribbon using the method
A method of deriving a bonding pattern for intermittently bonding optical fibers includes generating a random number, which is an integer, converting the integer into a binary series corresponding to a width-bonding pattern, applying the width-bonding pattern at a predefined position along a width of the intermittently bonded optical fiber ribbon ( 100 ) and repeating to obtain a subsequent predefined position on the intermittently bonded optical fiber ribbon ( 100 ). In particular, ‘0’ represents the unbonded region if ‘1’ represents the bonded region and ‘0’ represents the bonded region if ‘ 1’ represents the unbonded region.
1 . A method of defining a bonding pattern for an intermittently bonded optical fiber ribbon ( 100 ), wherein the method comprising
generating a random number, and the random number is an integer;
converting the integer into a binary series corresponding to a width-bonding pattern;
applying the width-bonding pattern at a predefined position on the intermittently bonded optical fiber ribbon ( 100 ); and
repeating above steps for a subsequent predefined position on the intermittently bonded optical fiber ribbon ( 100 )
wherein the width-bonding pattern is applied along a width of the intermittently bonded optical fiber ribbon ( 100 ).
2 . The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein ‘1’ in the binary series represents anyone of a bonded region and an unbonded region.
3 . The method as claimed in claim 2 , wherein ‘0’ represents the unbonded region if 1′ represents the bonded region and ‘0’ represents the bonded region if ‘1’ represents the unbonded region.
4 . The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the predefined position is defined along length of the intermittently bonded optical fiber ribbon ( 100 ).
5 . The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the width-bonding pattern is applied at the predefined position starting from one of an edge fiber of the intermittently bonded optical fiber ribbon ( 100 ).
6 . The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a distance between the subsequent predefined positions along length of the intermittently bonded optical fiber ribbon ( 100 ) is randomized.
7 . The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a distance between the subsequent predefined positions along length of the intermittently bonded optical fiber ribbon ( 100 ) is fixed.
8 . The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the random number is derived from a pseudorandom number (PN) sequence.
9 . The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the random number is chosen from 2 k , 2 k-1 , 2 k-2 wherein k is equal to number of optical fibers- 1 .
10 . The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the method further comprising a step of:
generating the random number defining bonding pattern for a first predefined instance; and
repeating the generating random number along length of the intermittently bonded optical fiber ribbon ( 100 ).
11 . An intermittently bonded optical fiber ribbon ( 100 ) comprising a plurality of optical fibers ( 102 ) and a bonding pattern defined by a random number integer to intermittently bond the plurality of optical fibers ( 102 ) such that the bonding pattern is a function of at least the random number, wherein the bonding pattern is a predefined instance that repeats itself along length of the intermittently bonded optical fiber ribbon ( 100 ), wherein the predefined instance has at least one instance where exactly two bonds are along width of the intermittently bonded optical fiber ribbon ( 100 ).
12 . The intermittently bonded optical fiber ribbon ( 100 ) as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the bonding pattern is defined by
converting the random number into a binary series corresponding to a width bonding pattern;
applying the bonding pattern at a predefined position on the width of the intermittently bonded optical fiber ribbon ( 100 ).
13 . The intermittently bonded optical fiber ribbon ( 100 ) as claimed in claim 12 , wherein ‘1’ in the binary series represents anyone of a bonded region and an unbonded region.
14 . The intermittently bonded optical fiber ribbon ( 100 ) as claimed in claim 13 , wherein ‘0’ represents the unbonded region if ‘1’ represents the bonded region and ‘0’ represents the bonded region if ‘1’ represents the unbonded region.
15 . The intermittently bonded optical fiber ribbon ( 100 ) as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the width-bonding pattern is configured to be applied at the predefined position starting from an edge fiber of the intermittently bonded optical fiber ribbon ( 100 ).
16 . The intermittently bonded optical fiber ribbon ( 100 ) as claimed in claim 11 , wherein a distance between subsequent predefined positions along the length is randomised.
17 . The intermittently bonded optical fiber ribbon ( 100 ) as claimed in claim 11 , wherein a distance between subsequent predefined positions along the length is fixed.
18 . The intermittently bonded optical fiber ribbon ( 100 ) as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the random number is derived from a pseudorandom number (PN) sequence.
19 . The intermittently bonded optical fiber ribbon ( 100 ) as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the random number is chosen from 2 k , 2 k-1 , 2 k-2 , wherein k is equal to number of optical fibers- 1 .