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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2016
Menara Networks, Inc., Dallas, TX (US);
Salam Elahmadi, Dallas, TX (US);
Siraj Nour Elahmadi, Dallas, TX (US);
George H. Buabbud, Shrewsbury, MN (US);
Gabriel E. Cardona, Richardson, TX (US);
Qingzhong Cai, Dallas, TX (US);
Qing Zhang, Dallas, TX (US);
Barry Coles, Plano, TX (US);
Menara Networks, Inc., Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
An apparatus adapted to operate a pluggable optical transceiver in a plurality of modulation schemes includes core circuitry adapted to interface with a host device, wherein the host device is adapted to support the pluggable optical transceiver; direct detection modulation circuitry communicatively coupled to the core circuitry; coherent modulation circuitry communicatively coupled to the core circuitry; and selection circuitry adapted to operate one of the direct detection modulation circuitry and the coherent modulation circuitry based on a selection depending on an application of the pluggable optical transceiver.