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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2017
Applicant:
Finisar Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Xiaolin Chen, Shanghai, CN;
Xucheng Wang, Shanghai, CN;
Fan Chen, Shanghai, CN;
Steven James Frisken, Vaucluse, AU;
Assignee:
FINISAR CORPORATION, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/26 (2006.01); H04J 14/02 (2006.01); H04Q 11/00 (2006.01); G02B 6/32 (2006.01); G02B 6/293 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/26 (2013.01); G02B 6/262 (2013.01); G02B 6/264 (2013.01); G02B 6/2937 (2013.01); G02B 6/2938 (2013.01); G02B 6/32 (2013.01); H04J 14/02 (2013.01); H04Q 11/0005 (2013.01); G02B 6/29365 (2013.01); H04Q 2011/0009 (2013.01); H04Q 2011/0016 (2013.01);
Abstract
In an example embodiment, a WDM array includes an optical filter, N common ports, N reflection ports, and N pass ports. The N common ports may be positioned to a first side of the optical filter. N may be greater than or equal to two. The N reflection ports may be positioned to the first side of the optical filter. The N pass ports may be positioned to a second side of the optical filter opposite the first side.