Patent · US Active

Synchronous OTDM: gapped clock creation and duty cycle multiplication

US8000605B2 · kind B2 · utility

0Cited by
13References
3Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventor

Key dates

Filing dateMay 21, 2003
Grant dateAug 16, 2011
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 27, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02F2203/70
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Methods and apparatus for implementing synchronous Optical Time Division Multiplexing are presented. Namely, a method of upconverting and combining N input NRZ optical data signals, each having an approximately equal pulse width and period, into one time-division multiplexed output signal, as well as a method for the inverse, i.e., down converting the N demultiplexed component signals are presented. Apparatus to implement these functionalities is also presented.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.