Optical communications – Receiver
Reexamination Certificate
2006-08-01
2006-08-01
Leung, Christina Y. (Department: 2633)
Optical communications
Receiver
C398S210000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07085502
ABSTRACT:
A system and method providing for the detection of an input signal by distributing the input signal into independent signal components that are independently amplified. Detection of an input signal comprises generating from the input signal a plurality of spatially separate elementary charge components, each having a respective known number of elementary charges, the number of the plurality of spatially separate elementary charge components being a known monotonic function of the magnitude of said input signal; and independently amplifying each of the plurality of spatially divided elementary charge components to provide a respective plurality of signal charge packets, each signal charge packet having a second number of elementary charges greater than the respective known number by a respective amplification factor.
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Shubin Vitaly E.
Shushakov Dmitry A.
Amplification Technologies Inc.
Leung Christina Y.
Morgan & Finnegan L.L.P.
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