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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 1994
Filed:
Feb. 11, 1991
Charles H Cox, Carlisle, MA (US);
Leonard M Johnson, Carlisle, MA (US);
Gary E Betts, Westford, MA (US);
Other;
Abstract
An optical link exhibiting net gain without the use of optical or electronic amplifiers. The link includes a high-power laser, a high-sensitivity external modulator for intensity modulating the laser output, an optical fiber, and photodiode detector. The electrical input port of the external modulator is impedance-matched to the output port of an electrical signal source using a transformer double-tuned circuit. The link exhibits electrical transfer efficiency (i.e., gain) proportional to the square of the optical bias power and modulator sensitivity, and much lower insertion loss than prior art links. The link can be advantageously used wherever low-insertion loss, high bandwidth, and low distortion transmission of electrical signals is required over distances up to ten kilometers.