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Dr. Yu Lu

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​Dr. Yu Lu is an Engineering Fellow at CommScope. Before CommScope, he started working on the fiber optic connectors in Lucent Bell Labs, and continued in this area throughout his career. As a prolific author and holder of numerous patents, Dr. Lu is the inventor of the several hardened fiber optic connectors, such as DLX and Prodigy, and received CommScope Lifetime Achievement Award – Patent in 2020.

He is also a recognized industry expert, and helps to define standards as a U.S. delegate to the IEC global standard committee and also provides technical guidance to key customers. Dr. Lu received his Master degree in Electrical Engineering from Nanjing University in 1998, and his Ph. D. in Engineering Science from Pennsylvania State University in 2001.

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Dr. Yu Lu

August 16, 2022

FTTH Hardened Connectivity Evolves to Accelerate and Simplify Deployments

Remember the days of fiber splicing? When older, copper-based networks were common, fiber splicing was a necessity. It was a highly skilled, manual process. Technicians needed specialized training, versus simply plugging things in. Today, fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) deployments look very different, thanks to the introduction of hardened connector technology in 2004.

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