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How does a PLC Splitter work
Passive Optical Network (PON) splitters play an important role in Fiber to the Home (FTTH) networks by allowing a single PON network interface to be
shared among many subscribers. Splitters contain no electronics and use no power. They are the network elements that put the passive in Passive
Optical Network and are available in a variety of split ratios, including 1:8, 1:16, and 1:32.
PLC Splitters are installed in each optical network between the PON Optical Line Terminal (OLT) and the Optical Network Terminals (ONTs) that the
OLT serves. Networks implementing BPON, GPON, EPON, 10G EPON, and 10G GPON technologies all use these simple optical splitters. In place of
an optical splitter, a WDM PONnetwork will use an Arrayed WaveGuide (AWG).
A PON network may be designed with a single optical splitter, or it can have two or more splitters cascaded together. Since each optical connection
adds attenuation, a single splitter is superior to multiple cascaded splitters. One net additional coupling (and source of attenuation) is introduced in
connecting two splitters together.
A single splitter is shown in the GPON network diagram below. Note that the splitter can be deployed in the Central Office (CO) alongside the OLT, or it
may be deployed in an OutSide Plant (OSP) cabinet closer to the subscribers. A splitter can also be deployed in the basement of a building for a
Multiple Dwelling Unit (MDU) installation (not shown).
Splitter in GPON Network
An interesting (and strange) fact is that attenuation of light through an optical splitter is symmetrical. It is identical in both directions. Whether a splitter
is combining light in the upstream direction or dividing light in the downstream direction, it still introduces the same attenuation to an optical input signal
(a little more than 3 dB for each 1:2 split).
There are two basic technologies for building passive optical network splitters: Fused Biconical Taper (FBT) and Planar Lightwave Circuit (PLC). Fused
Biconical Taper is the older technology and generally introduces more loss than the newer PLC splitters, though both PLC splitter and FBT splitters are
used in PON networks.
A Fused Biconical Taper 1:2 optical splitter is diagrammed below. A Fused Biconical Taper (FBT) splitter is made by wrapping two fiber cores together,
putting tension on the optical fibers, and then heating the junction until the two fibers are tapered from the tension and fused together. FBT attenuation
tends to be a bit higher than attenuation from PLC splitters.
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Fused Biconical Taper Optical Splitter
A 1:8 Planar Lightwave Circuit (PLC) splitter is diagrammed in the figure below. A PLC splitter is made with techniques much like those to manufacture
semiconductors, and these optical splitters are very compact, efficient, and reliable. A single 1:32 PLC splitter may be no larger than 1cm x 2 cm.
Planar Lightwave Circuit (PLC) Optical Splitter
The loss to be expected from a 1:8 splitter like the one diagrammed above is less than one dB greater than what would be expected from a perfect
splitter, which has exactly 9 dB of loss (3dB for each 1:2 split). A good 1:32 PLC splitter has an attenuation in both directions of less than 17 dB or even
16 dB (a perfect 1:32 splitter would introduce 15 dB of loss).

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