Optical communications – Transmitter and receiver system – Including alignment between transmitter and receiver
Reexamination Certificate
2004-08-10
2009-11-24
Pascal, Leslie (Department: 2613)
Optical communications
Transmitter and receiver system
Including alignment between transmitter and receiver
C398S015000, C398S025000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07623793
ABSTRACT:
A system for configuring fiber optic communication channels between arrays of emitters and detectors comprises: an array of light emitters; an array of light detectors; a bundle of optical fibers disposed between the arrays of light emitters and light detectors for conducting light from the light emitters to the light detectors, wherein the number of optical fibers in the bundle is greater than the number of light emitters in the array and wherein an area cross-section of the bundle of optical fibers overlaps the array of light emitters and the array of light detectors; and logic for mapping at least one emitter to at least one detector to establish at least one optical fiber communication channel between the array of light emitters and the array of light detectors. The system is further operative to monitor data communication over the at least one fiber optic communication channel and to reconfigure the mapping based on the monitored data communications thereof. A counterpart method of configuring fiber optic communication channels between arrays of emitters and detectors is also disclosed.
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Fenwick David Martin
Luebs Richard John
Morris Terrel L.
Wegher Duane A.
Yetter Jeffry D.
Hewlett--Packard Development Company, L.P.
Pascal Leslie
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