Fiber Shuffle
    Publish time 2026-08-26 10:04    
Fiber Shuffle

Product Overview
HYC Flexible Optical Backplane Fiber Shuffle products are engineered for complex fiber routing in space-constrained environments, supporting high-density arrangements of up to thousands of optical fibers. The product line offers multiple form factors and customized fiber-path designs, leveraging HYC's automated fiber routing and cabling capabilities to ensure high precision, reliability, and mass-production scalability — meeting the stringent requirements of high-speed optical interconnect systems.


Technical Background
Inside high-speed CPO (Co-Packaged Optics) switches, optical-fiber counts are large while available space is limited. Fiber-shuffle optical-backplane technology, paired with high-density connectors, effectively resolves fiber-length mismatch (caused by varying distances between each optical engine and the front panel) and cabling challenges — guaranteeing high-performance, reliable signal transmission.


 Product Form Factors
 HYC Fiber Shuffle products cover multiple form factors:

Form Factor

Description

Flexible Optical Backplane

Main high-density customized fiber-routing body

1U Patch Panel

Standard 1U rack-mount patch panel

Shuffle Box

Box-packaged multi-channel fiber-shuffle assembly

Fiber Shuffle Jumper

Plug-and-play pre-terminated fiber jumpers



Application Scenarios
HYC Fiber Shuffle products are widely used in high-speed optical interconnect systems, including:

Scenario

Description

Internal fiber interconnect of CPO switches

High-density cabling from optical engines to front panel in CPO switches

Optical Backplane connection

Backplane-level optical interconnection inside devices

Chip-to-Chip optical transmission

On-board or board-to-board chip-level optical interconnect

OXC (Optical Cross-Connect) systems

Internal cabling for all-optical cross-connect systems



Key Features
• High-density: up to thousands of fibers in compact arrangements
• Customizable: multiple sizes and customized fiber-path designs
• High precision: backed by HYC's automated fiber routing and cabling
• High reliability: meets stringent demands of high-speed optical interconnect
• Mass-production ready: scalable for high-volume manufacturing