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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2017
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Martinus Bernardus Van Der Mark, Best, NL;
Klaas Cornelis Jan Wijbrans, Rijen, NL;
Gerhardus Wilhelmus Lucassen, Eindhoven, NL;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The present invention relates to an optical transceiver, comprising an optical converter circuit () comprising an optoelectronic device (), an electronic appliance () generating data, and circuitry () configured to control the optoelectronic device () and the electronic appliance (). The optoelectronic device () is configured to, upon receiving an incoming optical beam, convert the optical beam into electrical energy. The optoelectronic device () is further configured to emit optical pulses, wherein emission of the optical pulses is induced by the incoming optical beam through photo-induced electro-luminescence (PIEL), wherein the optical pulses based on photo-induced electro-luminescence comprise the data generated by the electronic appliance (). The circuitry () is configured to modulate the data onto the optoelectronic device () according to a multiple signal-level coding scheme causing the optoelectronic device () to emit the optical pulses in more than two different levels of a discrete set of optical intensities.