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Optical receiving apparatus

US5612810A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 12, 1995
Grant dateMar 18, 1997
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Expiry dateSep 12, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B10/695
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An optical receiving apparatus of the present invention comprises an opto-electric conversion element for converting an optical signal into an electric signal, a differential type preamplifier for sending a non-inverting phase signal and a inverting phase signal of the electric signal and a first and second peak hold circuits for holding peak values of the respective non-inverting and inverting phase signals. Further, the optical receiving apparatus of the present invention comprises a first adder for adding the inverting phase signal to the non-inverting phase peak signal from the first peak hold circuit and a second adder for adding the non-inverting phase signal to the inverting phase peak signal from the second peak hold circuit. Further, the optical receiving apparatus comprises a main amplifier including a differential amplifier having inputs supplied with outputs of the first and second adders and a comparator for outputting a binary signal correspondingly to a high and low levels of two output signals of the differential amplifier. The peak values of the non-inverting and inverting phase signals of the receiving signal are held and added by a feedforward connection.

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