Optical communications – Hybrid communication system
Reexamination Certificate
2007-09-11
2007-09-11
Payne, David C. (Department: 2613)
Optical communications
Hybrid communication system
C398S204000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10383955
ABSTRACT:
An optoelectronic RF signal receiver utilizes a first RF to photonic modulator for receiving an optical carrier signal and an electrical signal from a local oscillator and producing an optical carrier signal with first optical sidebands offset from the carrier signal by the local oscillator frequency. A second RF to photonic modulator receives an electrical RF signal and the signals from the first modulator and produces second sidebands to each of the first optical sidebands from the first modulator with each of the second sidebands being offset from the first sidebands by the RF signal frequency. A detector then receives signals produced by the second modulator and produces an electrical IF signal for further processing. The receiver does not utilize a frequency translation device in the RF signal path and thereby eliminates RF loss, noise, and limited dynamic range characteristic of prior art electro-optical receivers. The two modulators can be biased for optimum linearity and for optimum rejection of in-band spurious signal products.
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Karras Thomas W.
Silverman George
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Payne David C.
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