SOA-MZI device fault isolation
US7440179B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 28, 2003 |
| Grant date | Oct 21, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 8, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01S5/5045
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The method of isolating faults internal to, for example, from tonic integrated circuits by diverting a portion of certain input and output signals to integrated photo detectors. By analyzing the admitted optical signal in each of plural photo detectors, falls within the circuit can be isolated.
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