Bi-directional transceiver with time synchronization
Granted: February 19, 2019
Patent Number:
10211971
A system or a network may include an optoelectronic module that includes an optical transmitter optically coupled with an optical fiber, and a controller communicatively coupled to the optical transmitter. The controller may be configured to operate the optical transmitter to transmit data signals through the optical fiber. The optoelectronic module may be configured to transmit time synchronization signals through the optical fiber along with the data signals.
Image projection system
Granted: February 12, 2019
Patent Number:
10203499
A holographic display image projector system including an input light source for generating an at least partially coherent optical input beam and an imaging system for transforming an image representation in the Fourier domain into a corresponding holographic image in the spatial domain. The image projector includes a spatial light modulator having a reflective phase manipulating surface and being responsive to an electric control signal to generate a two-dimensional phase profile on the…
Reduced-cross-talk coherent optical transmitter
Granted: January 15, 2019
Patent Number:
10180588
An electro-optical modulator includes a substrate comprising a first Mach-Zehnder modulator comprising a first waveguide and a second waveguide and a second Mach-Zehnder modulator comprising a first waveguide and a second waveguide. A first positive signal electrode is positioned on the substrate over the first waveguide of the first Mach-Zehnder modulator and a first negative signal electrode is positioned on the substrate over the second waveguide of the first Mach-Zehnder modulator.…
Latch for communication module
Granted: December 18, 2018
Patent Number:
10156689
A communication module includes a printed circuit board, a housing including a left and right sidewall, a top and bottom panel, and a catch pin extending from the bottom panel, the housing enclosing the circuit board and configured to be inserted into and removed from the host device, and a delatch assembly slidably engaged with the bottom panel of the housing, including first and second delatch arms extending underneath the bottom panel of the housing and configured to removably engage…
Duty cycle correction circuit for differential driver
Granted: December 11, 2018
Patent Number:
10153753
A driver circuit includes a differential driver and a duty cycle correction circuit. The differential driver includes differential inputs to receive a differential input signal and a first common mode input to receive a first input common mode voltage and a first differential output to output a first differential output voltage with a first output common mode voltage. The duty cycle correction circuit includes a first tunable voltage reference and a first comparison circuitry configured…
Method to bond two surfaces with precured epoxy and optical subassembly including the same
Granted: December 11, 2018
Patent Number:
10151892
In an example, a method may include dispensing a portion of epoxy on a first surface. The method may also include curing the portion of epoxy to form precured epoxy. The method may also include positioning the first surface and a second surface separated from each other by a gap. The precured epoxy is located within the gap between the first surface and the second surface. The method may also include dispensing bulk epoxy into the gap and in contact with the precured epoxy, the first…
Polarization demultiplexing of optical signals
Granted: December 4, 2018
Patent Number:
10148364
An example embodiment includes optical receiver that includes a polarization beam splitter (PBS), a polarization controller, and a forward error correction (FEC). The PBS is configured to split a received optical signal having an unknown polarization state into two orthogonal polarizations (x?-polarization and y?-polarization). The polarization controller includes no more than two couplers and no more than two phase shifters per wavelength channel of the x?-polarization and the…
SWDM OSAs
Granted: November 27, 2018
Patent Number:
10142046
In an example embodiment, an N-channel WDM OSA includes active optical devices coupled to a carrier, an optical block, and a MUX or a DEMUX. The optical block may be positioned above the active optical devices and coupled to the carrier. The optical block may include a bottom with lenses formed in the bottom that are aligned with the active optical devices; a first side that extends up from the bottom; a second side that extends up from the bottom and is opposite the first side; a port…
Apparatus for damping and monitoring emissions from light emitting devices
Granted: November 27, 2018
Patent Number:
10141715
The present invention relates to an apparatus for damping arid monitoring emissions from a light emitting device, particularly a vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL), comprising: a semi transparent substrate, preferably glass; a light emitting device for generating light emission; a damping layer deposited on a surface of the substrate; and a pair of electrodes, each of which being in direct contact with the damping layer. The damping layer is adapted to decrease the power…
Signaling on a high-speed data connector
Granted: November 20, 2018
Patent Number:
10135538
An apparatus and method for signaling and transmitting data through an optical link is described. The apparatus may include a connector including a first plurality of contacts compatible with an enhanced SFP (SFP+) connector. The connector further includes an additional contact formed at a space adjacent to the first plurality of contacts. A tone generator couples to the additional contact to receive a first signal and to generate a first distinct tone indicative of the first signal for…
Adiabatically coupled optical system
Granted: November 20, 2018
Patent Number:
10132997
An optical system includes a silicon (Si) substrate, a buried oxide (BOX) layer formed on the substrate, a silicon nitride (SiN) layer formed above the BOX layer, and a SiN waveguide formed in the SiN layer. In some embodiments, the optical system may additionally include an interposer waveguide adiabatically coupled to the SiN waveguide to form a SiN-interposer adiabatic coupler that includes at least the tapered section of the SiN waveguide, the optical system further including at…
Data serializer
Granted: November 13, 2018
Patent Number:
10129016
A serializer circuit may include a recovery circuit, an adjusting circuit, and a multiplexer circuit. The recovery circuit may be configured to receive a first data signal at a first frequency, to generate a first clock signal at the first frequency using the first data signal, and to retime the first data signal based on the first clock signal to generate a retimed first data signal. The adjusting circuit may be configured to receive a second data signal and retime the second data…
Clock recovery and equalizer estimation in a multi-channel receiver
Granted: November 6, 2018
Patent Number:
10122523
A multi-channel receiver that includes a first clock recovery unit configured to recover a first clock signal associated with a first optical channel is disclosed. A first coefficient estimation unit estimates a first set of coefficients using the first clock signal. A second clock recovery unit configured to recover a second clock signal associated with a second optical channel using the first clock signal as a reference clock signal. A second coefficient estimation unit estimates a…
Cross-point offset adjustment circuit
Granted: November 6, 2018
Patent Number:
10122353
A differential signal offset adjustment circuit may include a first circuit for receiving a first one of a differential input signal and generating a first one of a differential output signal with positive offset based on a differential offset signal. The circuit may further include a second circuit for receiving a second one of a differential input signal and generating a second one of a differential output signal with a negative offset based on the differential offset signal.
Screwless heat sink attachment
Granted: October 30, 2018
Patent Number:
10114183
An optoelectronic system includes an optoelectronic module and a heat sink. The optoelectronic module includes a housing and first and second housing slide locks. The first and second housing slide locks extend outward from opposite sides of the housing. The heat sink includes a heat sink bottom, first and second heat sink legs, and first and second heat sink slide locks. The first and second heat sink legs extend downward from opposite ends of the heat sink bottom. The first and second…
Method of forming micro via in printed circuit board
Granted: October 23, 2018
Patent Number:
10111343
Some embodiments relate to micro vias in printed circuit boards (PCBs). In an example, a PCB may include a PCB substrate and a micro via. The micro via may extend between opposing surfaces of the PCB substrate and may have a diameter less than or equal to about 100 microns. In another example, a method of forming micro vias in a PCB may include forming a through hole in a PCB substrate of the PCB. The method may also include positioning a pillar that is electrically conductive within the…
High-speed data connector
Granted: October 16, 2018
Patent Number:
10101537
A transceiver connector may include a bottomside connector. The bottomside connector may include a first ground pin adjacent to an edge of the bottomside connector, a first high-speed differential input pin adjacent to the first ground pin, a second high-speed differential input pin adjacent to the first high-speed differential input pin, a second ground pin adjacent to the second high-speed differential input pin, a serial interface data line pin adjacent to the second ground pin, a…
Apparatus having first and second transceiver cells formed in a single integrated circuit
Granted: October 2, 2018
Patent Number:
10090930
An apparatus having first and second transceiver cells formed in a single integrated circuit. In one example embodiment, an apparatus includes a first transceiver cell including a first set of components configured to enable communication on a first communication link in a network and a second transceiver cell formed underneath the first transceiver cell in a single integrated circuit (IC). The second transceiver cell is optically isolated from the first transceiver cell. The second…
Loss of signal detector
Granted: October 2, 2018
Patent Number:
10090922
A loss of signal (LOS) detector may include a comparator including a first input, a second input and an output indicating a LOS status. The LOS detector further includes circuitry to compare a first signal on the first input generated by differential input signals and a threshold signal common mode with a second signal on the second input generated by differential threshold signals at a first level and an input signal common mode. The circuit further configured to generate a LOS…
Out-of-band signal detection
Granted: September 18, 2018
Patent Number:
10079644
An out-of-band (OOB) signal detector is disclosed. The OOB signal detector may include a first node configured to receive an alternating current (AC) portion and a direct current (DC) portion of an electrical signal. The AC portion may include modulated OOB data carried by the electrical signal. The OOB signal detector may also include a current to voltage processing circuit configured to extract the AC portion of the electrical signal. The OOB signal detector may additionally include a…
