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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2016
Applicant:
Mellanox Technologies Denmark Aps, Roskilde, DK;
Inventors:
Thorkild Franck, Roskilde, DK;
Steen Bak Christensen, Roskilde, DK;
Assignee:
MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES DENMARK APS, Roskilde, DK;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/50 (2013.01); H04B 10/54 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/541 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention comprises a multilevel optical signal system comprising two or more light source branches and an optical power-combiner, wherein each branch comprising a light source, an optical modulator and an electrical driver for the modulator, wherein each electrical driver is configured for being driven by electrical signals to drive the modulator to modulate the light generated by the light source into a corresponding 2-level data signal such that the respective 2-level data signals differs in power level.