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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:
Sep. 18, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2016
Applicant:
Stmicroelectronics (Research & Development) Limited, Marlow, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
STMICROELECTRONICS (RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT) LIMITED, Marlow, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/00 (2013.01); H04B 10/516 (2013.01); H04B 10/58 (2013.01); H04B 10/50 (2013.01); H04B 10/61 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/5161 (2013.01); H04B 10/502 (2013.01); H04B 10/503 (2013.01); H04B 10/58 (2013.01); H04B 10/61 (2013.01);
Abstract
An embodiment device includes an optical source configured to generate an optical carrier including an optical pulse train; and a modulator configured to modulate an amplitude of the optical pulse train, based on data generated by a data source, to produce a modulated optical signal.