Optical data receiver with relative phase detector

US10103817B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES · FR

Inventors

• Robert Polster · Chesterfield, US
• Ivan Miro Panades · Grenoble, FR
• Yvain Thonnart · Grenoble, FR

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 16, 2016
• Grant date: Oct 16, 2018
• Expiry date: Dec 16, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L7/0079
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An optical receiver adapted to convert a received optical signal into a phase change of a timing signal to generate a first modified timing signal and to generate a data signal by comparing the first modified timing signal with a reference signal.