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Optical bus and signal processor

US5822475A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 24, 1996
Grant dateOct 13, 1998
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Expiry dateOct 24, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B6/2804
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

To improve resistance to environmental changes and enhance system extensibility, the present invention provides an optical bus for transmitting an optical signal, which has diffusers distributed in a optical transmission layer to diffuse an input signal beam and propagate the diffused signal beam, and a signal processor for carrying out signal processing including transmission and reception of a signal beam using the optical bus.

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