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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8364041 | Method and arrangement for receiving an optical input signal and transmitting an optical output signal The present invention relates to a transceiver unit in a PON, Passive Optical Network, for receiving an optical input signal and transmitting an amplitude modulated optical output signal. Further, the present invention relates to a method in a transceiver unit for r... | 01/29/2013 |
| 8351794 | Parallel optical transceiver module having a heat dissipation system that dissipates heat and protects components of the module from particulates and handling A parallel optical transceiver module is provided that has a heat dissipation system that dissipates large amounts of heat, while also protecting the laser diodes, ICs and other components of the module from particulates, such as dust, for example, and from mechanic... | 01/08/2013 |
| 8265487 | Half-duplex, single-fiber (S-F) optical transceiver module and method A half-duplex, single-fiber (S-F) optical transceiver module is provided in which a light source, such as a laser diode or a light-emitting diode (LED), is mounted on an edge region of a photodiode to increase the amount of surface area of the photodiode that is ava... | 09/11/2012 |
| 8200096 | Optical transceiver An optical transceiver which converts a plurality of optical signals input from a first side into electrical signals so as to output the electrical signals to a second side and converts a plurality of electrical signals input from the second side into optical signal... | 06/12/2012 |
| 8190030 | Single aperture multiple optical waveguide transceiver A single-aperture, multi-axial transceiver is provided that is particularly useful in a LIDAR system for detecting low velocities at increased ranges. The system is particularly useful in systems that are required to measure very low velocities and very short distan... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8145061 | Optical module implementing a light-receiving device and a light-transmitting device within a common housing A bi-direction optical module with an arrangement to reduce the crosstalk noise is disclosed. The optical module comprises a laser diode (LD) driven by a differential signal and a photodiode (PD) on a single package. The PD is mounted on a position where the electri... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8116633 | Optical-electrical transceiver module An optical-electrical transceiver module is to connect an optical-electrical composite cable incorporating an optical fiber and an electric wire to a receptacle of external electrical equipment. The module comprises a base; an optical path conversion element provide... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8095016 | Bidirectional, optical transmitting/receiving module, optical transmitting/receiving device, and bidirectional optical transmitting/receiving module manufacturing method To provide a low-cost and fine-property bidirectional optical transmitting/receiving module and the like, which include a de-multiplexing device that uses a V-letter shaped optical waveguide and a dielectric multilayer filter. Formation of an end face where the diel... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8090266 | Optically coupling components of a transceiver An apparatus comprises one or more electro-optical coupling modules. An electro-optical coupling module comprises a diode, a flexible optical coupling element, a reflective surface, and an optical fiber. The diode performs an electro-optical conversion on a signal. ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 7941053 | Optical transceiver for 40 gigabit/second transmission An optical transceiver for converting and coupling an information-containing electrical signal with an optical fiber including a housing having an electrical connector with a plurality of XFI electrical interfaces for coupling with an external electrical cable or in... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7907846 | Electrooptical coupling device The invention relates to a device for coupling electrical data lines, especially a bus system, to a modular valve station which comprises a plurality of valve modules. The coupling device comprises a coupling module that can be connected to the electrical data lines... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7907847 | Optical integrated circuit apparatus Optical waveguides and optical transceivers are formed on one main surface of a semiconductor substrate. A light source is provided on one side surface of the semiconductor substrate, and emits light to the optical waveguides. In each of the optical transceivers, wh... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7809276 | Inter-transceiver module communication for optimization of link between transceivers A method for two or more optical transceivers coupled to each other by an optical link to optimize communication over the optical link. A first transceiver generates electrical data that represents an operational parameter for optimization. The transceiver then conv... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7796893 | Optical bi-directional transceiver module An optical bi-directional transceiver module is disclosed. The optical bi-directional transceiver module is suitable for an optical transmission/reception operation on the condition that an interval between two wavelength bands such as C and L bands is very narrow. ... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7729618 | Optical networks for consumer electronics Digital optical networks for communication between digital consumer electronic devices are disclosed. A digital optical network can include an input interface configured to electrically couple to a DVI or HDMI receptacle of a source device. The input interface inclu... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7720389 | Optical integrated circuit apparatus Optical waveguides and optical transmission/reception units are placed on one principal plane of a semiconductor substrate. A light source is placed on one end surface of the semiconductor substrate and guides generated light to the optical waveguides. In the optica... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7706692 | Consumer electronics with optical communication interface Digital electronic devices for optical communication of digital video and/or audio signals between a digital source device and a digital sink device. A digital source device includes a transition minimized differential signaling (TMDS) transmitter for receiving cont... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7680417 | Bi-directional parallel optical link A system is disclosed. The system includes a first optical transceiver having a first set of transmitters and a first set of receivers and a second optical transceiver having a second set of transmitters coupled anti-symmetrically to the first set of receivers of th... | 03/16/2010 |
| RE41147 | Method and apparatus for pluggable fiber optic modules Pluggable fiber optic modules having a receive printed circuit board and a transmit printed circuit board perpendicular with an interface printed circuit board with an edge connection. The edge connection of the interface printed circuit board to plug into and out f... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7561803 | Bi-directional signal interface using photonic coupler A signal interface comprises a non-reciprocal device having a first port that accepts a first electrical signal and a second port that accepts a second electrical signal. The non-reciprocal device passes the second electrical signal through the first port without a ... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7555219 | Bi-directional signal interface A bi-directional signal interface includes a first waveguide that propagates a first traveling wave. The first waveguide has one end that is coupled to a RF input port that receives a RF transmission signal and another end that is coupled to a RF bi-directional port... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7542681 | Network tap with interface for connecting to pluggable optoelectronic module A network TAP that provides access to data communicated in a network. The TAP includes a first port for connecting to a pluggable optoelectronic module such as an optical transceiver, a link port for connecting to an optical link configured to receive and send data ... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7539420 | Network comprising converters between electrical and optical signals A network in for example apartment buildings having a partly optical transmission of information between subscribers (29) and a centrally arranged switch (3) have connector housings (9) comprising an electrical connector (9) at one end an... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7440702 | Method for transmitting digital image signal, digital image transmitting device, digital image sending device and digital image receiver A multiplexer of a transmission section generates a clock signal by multiplying a reference clock signal of a digital image signal by a predetermined number ‘K’. A parallel digital image signal is converted into a serial digital signal on the basis of the clock ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7438480 | Optical module, optical transceiver, and optical joint sleeve An optical module 1 comprises a first optical element F1, a first light receiving subassembly PD1, a second optical element F2, a second light receiving subassembly PD2, a light emitting subassembly LD3 for generating light,... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7435015 | Keyed transceiver module An optical module and chassis incorporating “keying” features that ensure the correct insertion of the module into a given chassis, thereby preventing damage to the module and/or the system to which the chassis is connected. ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7433596 | Bi-directional, full-duplex, one-wire communications link for use in fiber optic transceivers An apparatus is provided that is capable of achieving bidirectional, full-duplex communication with an optical transceiver. In some instances, the communication is achieved over a single electrical connection of the transceiver and via the use of a duplexing circuit... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7430375 | Optical transceiver This invention provides an optical transceiver that can attain a single-wire two-way communication in a simple structure. In an optical integrated chip, a light emitting element and a light receiving element are formed on the same chip, and a light emitting section ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7427164 | Optical connector arrangement comprising a converter The invention relates to an optical connector arrangement wherein the connector and the converter are connected by short plastic fiber sections. The aim of the invention is to provide one such connector arrangement which can be produced in a simple and cost-effectiv... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7424221 | Optical network terminal with illegal transmission detection circuitry An optical network terminal, which includes an optical transmitter, monitors the status of the optical transmitter, such as the output or the power consumption of the optical transmitter, to determine when the optical transmitter is illegally transmitting. When an i... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7403716 | Optical module for bi-directional communication system The optical module includes a main housing, a filter support component, which can affix an optical fiber, supported by a first attachment section, a light-emitting component supported by a second attachment section, a light-receiving component supported by a third a... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7400801 | Bidirectional HDCP module using single optical fiber and waveguide combiner/splitter Embodiments provide single fiber bidirectional HDCP modules. A signal fiber module includes at least one laser and at least one detector and a waveguide combiner/splitter. An optical fiber is used as a cylindrical lens in order to partially collimate in the vertical... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7396166 | Optical transceiver module An optical transceiver module including a housing and a plurality of optical transceiver devices is provided. The housing has a connector portion disposed at an end thereof. The connector portion includes two receptacles formed thereon. The optical transceiver devic... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7380993 | Optical transceiver for 100 gigabit/second transmission An optical transmitter for converting and coupling an information-containing electrical signal with an optical fiber having an electrical input for coupling with an external electrical cable or information system device having a plurality of parallel data lines, a m... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7373032 | Optical transceiver module Provided is an optical transceiver module of an optical transceiver, which is used for optical communications. The optical transceiver module prevents electrical crosstalk between a light source and a light receiver. Additionally, the optical transceiver module incl... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373050 | Optical communication module and connector A half region of an end face of an optical fiber is cut at an angle of 45° to form a reflecting surface. A light-emitting element is arranged so as to face the end face of the optical fiber. A photoreceptor element is arranged beside the optical fiber with the elem... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367759 | Surface relief grating image machining process and product A surface relief grating (SRG) image machining process and/or product. For the SRG image machining process a material and a cutting tool are provided. The material is contacted by the cutting tool to a predetermined depth. The cutting tool is rotated to cut the mate... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369776 | Bi-directional optical transceiver module A bi-directional optical transceiver module includes an optical transmitter, and an optical receiver, which have a TO-can structure, and generates a first optical signal and detects a second optical signal, respectively. A housing includes a first receiving section ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7370134 | System and method for memory hub-based expansion bus A system memory includes a memory hub controller, a memory module accessible by the memory hub controller, and an expansion module having a processor circuit coupled to the memory module and also having access to the memory module. The memory hub controller is coupl... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7367720 | Optical transceiver with optical subassemblies optionally fixed to housing The present invention provides an optical transceiver with an optical subassembly optically coupling with an optical connector via a receptacle member, in which the optical subassembly is positioned to the housing of the transceiver without causing any mechanical st... | 05/06/2008 |
