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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2025
Filed:
May. 11, 2022
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Alessandra Bigongiari, Pisa, IT;
Antonio D'Errico, Pisa, IT;
Antonio Malacarne, Pisa, IT;
Marco Secondini, Pisa, IT;
Claudio Porzi, Pisa, IT;
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
A photonic radio frequency, RF, signal generation apparatus has a source to output a coherent optical signal at a carrier frequency; an optical splitter to split the signal into a first and a second optical carrier signal; an RF signal generation apparatus generating an RF signal at an initial frequency; an optical modulation apparatus modulating the first and second signals at the initial frequency to generate optical harmonic signals around each signal; a first optical filter to select an nth order optical harmonic signal of a first sign, +n, of the optical harmonics around the first signal; a second optical filter to select the nth order optical harmonic signal of an opposite sign, −n, of the optical harmonics around the second signal; and a combiner to combine the selected +n and −n signals to generate an optical beat signal forming an output photonic RF signal.