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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.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2018

Filed:

Dec. 20, 2016
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Nicolas Dupuis, New York, NY (US);

Tam N. Huynh, White Plains, NY (US);

Benjamin G. Lee, Ridgefield, CT (US);

Jonathan E. Proesel, Mount Vernon, NY (US);

Renato Rimolo-Donadio, Cartago, CR;

Alexander V. Rylyakov, New York, NY (US);

Clint L. Schow, Santa Barbara, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/516 (2013.01); G02F 1/21 (2006.01); G02F 1/17 (2006.01); H04L 25/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 25/03076 (2013.01); G02F 1/17 (2013.01); G02F 1/21 (2013.01); H04B 10/516 (2013.01); G02F 2001/212 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and system of optical communication are provided. An optical modulator device includes a first and a second waveguide segment, and is configured to modulate an incident optical signal. A first feed-forward equalization (FFE) circuit including an inner first tap and an inner second tap, is configured to equalize the first waveguide segment. A second FFE circuit including a first inner tap and a second inner tap, is configured to equalize the second waveguide segment. An FFE recombination of the first inner tap and the second inner tap of the first and second FFE circuits, is in the electrical domain, respectively. An FFE recombination of the first and second modulation signals, operative to equalize a combination of the first second waveguide segments, is in the optical domain.


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