Monolithically integrated electro-optical multiplexer/demultiplexer
US4703471A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 2, 1985 |
| Grant date | Oct 27, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 2, 2005 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L25/4923
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A monolithically integrated circuit is described for multiplexing parallel electrical data into a serial bit stream for transmission by fiber optics to a remote utilization apparatus and for demultiplexing a serial bit stream received from a fiber optics transmission path from a remote source. The integrated circuit uses a separate fiber for transmission and for reception, and in the transmission mode, encodes the data, which is clocked by on chip clocking into a self-clocking three-level code. The integrated circuit utilizes GaAs as the substrate material and is capable of transmitting data at bit rates in excess of 1/2 gHz.
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