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Device for triggering an alarm system in the event of insufficiency of the transmission level, for the receiver module of an optical-fiber transmission system

US4399565A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 9, 1981
Grant dateAug 16, 1983
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Expiry dateFeb 9, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B10/6911
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An alarm-triggering device for the receiver of an optical-fiber transmission system including in series a filter which has a passband located externally with respect to the band of frequencies employed for optical-fiber transmission and the input of which is connected to an avalanche photodiode, an amplifier, a rectifier, a voltage comparator circuit, and alarm-triggering circuit.

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