Configurable link extender in small form factor
US11374655B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 10, 2021 |
| Grant date | Jun 28, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 10, 2041 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04B10/6161
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A link extender configured to extend a range of an optical transceiver module is provided. The link extender includes an array of semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) configured to amplify an optical signal received from the optical transceiver module, a first plurality of variable optical attenuators (VOAs) configured to control a power output of the amplified optical signal output from the array of SOAs, and a plurality of dispersion compensation and filtering (DC&F) devices configured to compensate for chromatic dispersion of the optical signal.
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