Optical communications – Transmitter and receiver system
Reexamination Certificate
2008-11-14
2011-10-04
Nguyen, Dung (Department: 2828)
Optical communications
Transmitter and receiver system
C398S130000, C398S135000, C398S138000, C398S139000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08032032
ABSTRACT:
A fiber optic link for platforms with data sources including, e.g., sensors, cameras, radars and antennas. An array of optical transmitter/receiver pairs is coupled to an integrating network of the platform. Data modules are each coupled to certain ones of the data sources and include a receiver for detecting control data, and a modulator for modulating a light signal according to signals from the module's data sources. At least one optical fiber is coupled between a given transmitter/receiver pair of the array, and a corresponding data module. A laser source associated with each transmitter supplies a light signal with the control data to a corresponding data module downstream over an optical fiber. The light signal is modulated by the signals from the module's data sources, and the modulated light signal is returned to an array receiver upstream over an optical fiber.
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Chand Naresh
McNeill Kevin M.
BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
Nguyen Dung
Zucker Leo
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