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Optical pulse retiming and reshaping circuit

US5513030A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 7, 1993
Grant dateApr 30, 1996
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Expiry dateOct 7, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L7/0075
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An optical pulse retiming and reshaping circuit for soliton transmission in a transmission system with distributed amplifiers transmits the pulses through an optical modulator, uses a slow photodiode to determine the mean power transmitted (or intercepted) by the modulator. This is used for generating a control signal for use in a phase-locked loop to regulate the phase of an oscillator driving the modulator.

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