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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:
Oct. 06, 2020

Filed:

Jan. 04, 2019
Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Inventors:

Sunwoo Kim, Suwon-si, KR;

Hyunjung Koh, Suwon-si, KR;

Jinsub Kim, Suwon-si, KR;

Dongjin Park, Suwon-si, KR;

Woosub Bang, Suwon-si, KR;

Changhun Bae, Suwon-si, KR;

Sungki Son, Suwon-si, KR;

Seungbok Lee, Suwon-si, KR;

Jin Lee, Seoul, KR;

Junghwa Choi, Suwon-si, KR;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/44 (2006.01); H01B 11/22 (2006.01); H01B 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01B 11/22 (2013.01); G02B 6/4417 (2013.01); H01B 7/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

An optical signal transferring apparatus, an electronic apparatus, and a source device, and methods of operating the same include a signal transfer unit including one or more signal lines transferring a signal between a first apparatus and a second apparatus and one or more power lines transferring power between the first apparatus and the second apparatus; and a first connector connected to the first apparatus, and a second connector connected to the second apparatus, wherein the signal transfer unit is configured to transfer an optical signal to the second apparatus in response to a power-on input of the first apparatus and transfer, to the first apparatus, power and data which are received from the second apparatus in response to detection of the transferred optical signal, respectively, via the one or more power lines and the one or more signal lines.


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