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Fused Biconic Tapered Splitters

FBT is the traditional technology in which two fibers are placed closely together and fused together by applying heat while the assembly is being elongated and tapered.  A signal source is used to determine the point at which the desired coupling ratio has been met, which then stops the process.

As this technology has been developed over time, the quality of FBT splitters is very good and they can be deployed in a cost-effective manner.  FBT splitters are widely accepted and used in passive networks, especially for instances where the split configuration is smaller (1x2, 1x4, etc).

A drawback of this technology occurs when larger split configurations (1x16, 1x32, 1x64, etc) are required.  FBT technology is limited in the number of quality splits that can be achieved in a single instance, so several must be spliced together when a larger split configuration is required.   As a result, the physical size increases due to multiple splitters, along with the excess loss from the splices.  Thus, for these instances, PLC splitter are more ideal as we will discuss in the next section.

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