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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2023
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Benard J. Rhody, Ottawa, CA;
Eric S. Maniloff, Woodlawn, CA;
Will Leckie, Ottawa, CA;
Bernard Thiboutot, Gatineau, CA;
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Abstract
An optical module includes a transmitter assembly; a receiver assembly; and circuitry connected to the transmitter assembly and the receiver assembly, wherein the circuitry includes one or more delay elements each configured to add a respective configured amount of delay in one or more of a transmit direction and a receive direction within the optical module. The optical module includes (1) a transmit direction from a host device through the circuitry and the transmitter assembly, and (2) a receive direction to the host device from the receiver assembly and through the circuitry. The one or more delay elements can be configured to introduce a delay in one or both directions to minimize the delay uncertainty associated with the optical module as well as the delay uncertainty on a given link (connection formed between two optical modules).