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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7418213 | Transimpedance amplifier with integrated filtering and reduced parasitic capacitance A transimpedance amplifier (TIA) with integrated filtering. A capacitance is integrated into the TIA and connected to the power supply and to an internal ground of the TIA. Noise on the power supply of the transimpedance amplifier is filtered by the capacitor such t... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7356042 | Distributed ethernet hub A technique for multiplexing high speed computed data with digitized voice signals onto a fiber optic cable for transfer to a local central office. The data packets of a number of computers are networked by way of a distributed hub that extends to residences, office... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7338216 | Transmitter subassembly ground return path A transmitter subassembly ground return path comprises a coupling member having a plurality of layers. At least one of the layers includes a signal trace layer that has one or more signal traces coupling components of a transceiver substrate to components of the tra... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7336980 | Outer decorative cover for attachment to a wireless communication device including a printed circuit board and an associated light source mounted in an interior of the wireless device An illuminated decorative cover for a device, and a cellular telephone having such a cover. The illuminated decorative cover includes a cover member having an inner surface and an outer surface, an optical fiber member having an input end and having a side surface a... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7330661 | Method and apparatus for optical communication between devices A method and apparatus for processing a data signal for transmission to a remote device transmits at least two synchronized copies of the data signal, in optical form, in different directions. To that end, the data signal first is synchronized to a clock signal to p... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7315698 | Optical module and an optical receiver using the same The present invention provides an optical receiver that uses an avalanche photodiode (APD) whose multiplication factor m is controlled to compensate the temperature dependence thereof. An optical module of the present invention includes a light-receiving device in a... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7281864 | Optical pluggable transceiver The optical pluggable transceiver according to the present invention has features of a good heat dissipating function with a simplified configuration thereby reducing the cost of not only the component used but also the process itself. The transceiver of the present... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7277295 | Industrial ethernet switch According to one embodiment of the invention, an apparatus includes a housing having a front side and a bottom side adjacent the front side. The apparatus also includes a plurality of light generating devices each operable to generate light in response to operation ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7268690 | Industrial ethernet switch According to one embodiment of the invention a rugged Ethernet switch includes a housing and a passive cooling system associated with the housing and being devoid of fans as operable to cool the Ethernet switch. Ethernet switch also includes software operable to per... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7257327 | Wireless communication system with high efficiency/high power optical source An optical communication system is provided which includes an optical signal transmitter which communicates high bandwidth, high power frequencies. The optical signal transmitter includes a high efficiency/high power optical source such as an optical magnetron or a ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7215886 | Optical communication module The present invention is related to an optical communication module for transmitting high frequency signals (e.g., 10 Gbit/s and higher data rates) between an optical element and an external circuit. In an illustrative embodiment, the optical communication module in... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7209739 | Method and system for processing calls within a local micro network A method and system for processing calls in a telecommunications system using fiber extender loops providing a local micro network. Calls originating from subscribers within the local micro network to subscribers that are also provided service within the local micro... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7206515 | Single-ended/differential wired radio frequency interface A package to encapsulate an optical component includes a RF interface to receive high frequency signals from an external source. The RF interface pins that can be configured as one or more single-ended transmission lines or as one or more differential transmission l... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7200337 | Optoelectronic transceiver having dual access to onboard diagnostics An optoelectronic transceiver includes first and second controller ICs. Each controller IC includes logic, a memory, an interface, and at least one input port. Each memory is configured to store digital diagnostic data and has a unique serial device address to allow... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7187866 | System for distributing information and energy using fiber optic and optical wireless networks Disclosed is a system for distributing information and photonic energy into at least one room of a building, comprising a lighting generator for generating visible light energy, an infrared (IR) heat generator for generating IR heat energy, and an optical fiber subs... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7177549 | High-frequency transmission line and an optical module incorporating the same line A transmission line with a bending portion is provided, which line comprises any one of a coplanar line, another coplanar waveguide line formed on the dielectric substrate under which a ground layer is provided and a coplanar strip line. A chamfered portion is provi... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7167653 | Optical transceiver An optical transceiver having a transmitter section and a receiver section formed on a substrate to be close to each other is provided, which suppresses the electrical and optical crosstalk between the transmitter section and the receiver section. The transceiver co... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7162160 | System and method for protecting eye safety during operation of a fiber optic transceiver A single-chip integrated circuit, sometimes called a controller, controls operation of a transceiver having a laser transmitter and a photodiode receiver. The controller includes memory for storing information related to the transceiver, and analog to digital conver... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7154924 | Method for configuring a laser operating system The present invention provides for a method for configuring a laser operating system. More specifically, the system utilizes a graphical user interface (GUI) to allow an operator to interact with an embedded controller and set parameters for an optical communication... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7149975 | Optical network administration graphical user interface This invention provides an improved graphical user interface (GUI) for optical network administration. The GUI allows a user to view a network topology in which only those nodes at which channel traffic may be added to and/or dropped from a muxed signal are displaye... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7149430 | Optoelectronic transceiver having dual access to onboard diagnostics The optoelectronic transceiver includes first and second controller ICs. Each controller IC includes logic, a memory, an interface, and at least one input port. Each memory is configured to store digital diagnostic data and has a unique serial device address to allo... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7127176 | Optical transmission system of radio signal over optical fiber link In coupling a control station transmitting a radio signal to a plurality of base stations each transmitting the radio signal to a terminal station by an optical fiber, and dependently connecting the plurality of base stations to the optical fiber, the control statio... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7123839 | System and method for transmitting signals over a fiber strand A method for transmitting a communication signal comprises transmitting a data signal over a wavelength on a single fiber strand and transmitting a radio frequency signal over another wavelength on the same single fiber strand. A system for transmitting the data sig... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7116912 | 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... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7113707 | Dynamic optical interconnect This invention provides a dynamic interconnection system which allows to couple a pair of optical beams carrying modulation information. In accordance with this invention, two optical beams emanate from transceivers at two different locations. Each beam may not see ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7103284 | Light-emitting module A light-emitting module according to the present invention contains a Peltier element driver, and a signal processor for controlling the Peltier element driver. The Peltier element driver is mounted on a first substrate, which directly attaches to the inner bottom s... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7103280 | Architecture for an optical satellite communication network A satellite constellation has a plurality of satellites. Each of the satellites has an RF ground link for communicating with a ground station and an optical link for communication with at least one of the plurality of satellites. Each of the satellites has a reconfi... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7092636 | Optical network employing erbium-doped fiber amplifiers A point-to-multipoint bi-directional wide area telecommunications network employing atmospheric optical communication. The network comprises a primary transceiver unit, a plurality of subscriber transceiver units and an optical router. The primary transceiver unit m... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7089486 | Context switching for on-the-fly processing of fragmented frames A frame analyzer component and a memory management unit process frames received over cable television lines. The frame analyzer component may receive frames that were transmitted over the cable television lines and that were processed by a digital signal processor. ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7061025 | Optoelectronic device packaging assemblies and methods of making the same Optoelectronic device packaging assemblies and methods of making the same are described. In one aspect, an optoelectronic device packaging assembly includes an electrical sub-mount that includes a mounting area, a device turning mount, and a light-emitting device. T... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7050720 | Integrated memory mapped controller circuit for fiber optics transceiver A controller for controlling a transceiver having a laser transmitter and a photodiode receiver. The controller includes memory for storing information related to the transceiver, and analog to digital conversion circuitry for receiving a plurality of analog signals... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6993260 | Interconnecting processing units of a stored program controlled system using free space optics Internal communication signals in a stored program controlled system comprising a plurality of units configured to process signals are provided by a free space optical beam line which is proximal to all of the plurality of units. The free space beam line is configur... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6978093 | Free space optical communication network The present invention provides a method and network for communicating over free space links. The network includes a plurality of buildings, each housing at least one of a residence and a business. Pluralities of free-space optical links are established, where each o... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6954569 | Butt joined electronic assembly and module A butt joined electronic assembly has first and second matching coplanar transmission structures that are independently aligned in a proximate abutting relationship. The coplanar transmission structures are formed on respective first and second electrical elements t... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6952532 | Method and apparatus for multiboard fiber optic modules and fiber optic module arrays Multiple board fiber optic modules and methods related thereto. Fiber optic modules include one or more vertical printed circuit boards and/or one or more horizontal printed circuit boards and/or one or more slanted printed circuit boards. The one or more printed ci... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6941077 | Memory mapped monitoring circuitry for optoelectronic device Circuitry for monitoring operation of an optoelectronic device having a laser transmitter and a photodiode receiver includes analog to digital conversion circuitry for receiving a plurality of analog signals from the laser transmitter and photodiode receiver, conver... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6925260 | Window-mounted positionable collector A window-mounted positionable collector comprising a base that is secured to a window. An inner rotatable hollow wedge-cut member may be rotated about the base to produce a first degree of freedom, while an outer rotatable hollow wedge-cut member may be rotated abou... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6912361 | Optical transceiver module with multipurpose internal serial bus The optical transceiver module includes an optical transmitter and an optical receiver. The optical transceiver module also includes an internal serial bus and a plurality of addressable components electrically coupled to the internal serial bus. Each of the address... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6898378 | Shock-resistant backplane utilizing infrared communication scheme with electrical interface for embedded systems Infrared communications scheme for use in an embedded system. According to a preferred embodiment, the invention comprises the use of an infrared communications scheme, according to IrDA protocol, which is utilized to transmit and receive data via an electrical inte... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6895445 | Docking stations for transferring data between handheld electronic devices and other devices via infrared communications Docking stations for transferring data between handheld electronic devices and various data input/output devices are provided. A docking station includes a housing, an infrared (IR) signal emitter disposed within the housing, and one or more cradles formed within th... | 05/17/2005 |
