Fiber optic link, a transceiver for use in the link, and methods for designing and constructing fiber optic links and transceivers
US7715669B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 17, 2007 |
| Grant date | May 11, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 3, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04B10/6971
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A fiber optic link is provided that uses a relatively low-cost transceiver that incorporates relatively inexpensive low bandwidth optical and electrical components to achieve high data rate operations. The data rate of the fiber optic link can be greater than the data rate of the laser of the transceiver provided the laser meets certain noise requirements; in particular, the relative intensity noise (RIN) of the laser must be low enough to ensure low bit error rate (BER) operation of the link.
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