Bi-directional electrical to optical converter module

Details Bi-directional electrical to optical converter module Bi-directional electrical to optical converter module

2007-09-18

2007-09-18

Vanderpuye, Kenneth (Department: 2613)

Optical communications

Optical transceiver

Including optical fiber or waveguide

C398S005000, C398S007000, C398S079000, C398S085000, C398S091000, C398S135000, C398S200000, C398S201000, C398S214000

Reexamination Certificate

active

10726415

ABSTRACT:
A bi-directional (BiDi) electrical to optical converter (transceiver) module is described that contains means for communicating in a full duplex fashion over one fiber. Furthermore, an automatic fail-over capability is included which allows redundancy to be build in to the transceiver. In one configuration, a BiDi transceiver module contains two lasers at different wavelengths and a means for establishing which wavelength to communicate with. An example of an application for the described invention is a storage area network application which requires redundant links and are currently bound by the number of fibers connecting to the front panels of switches.

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