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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:
Aug. 30, 1994
Filed:
Oct. 24, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark A Lynn, Warren, OH (US);
Gregory D Miller, Stanford, CA (US);
Assignee:
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359180 ; 359118 ;
Abstract
A transmitter for a LAN electro-optical interface, capable of transmitting data at a rate of at least 50 MBd is disclosed. The transmitter includes a parallel gating circuit for providing a high current drive signal in response to a data signal, and a parallel resistor capacitor circuit, connected between the parallel gating circuit and a light transmitting device, for improving the leading edge response time of the light transmitting device.