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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:
Sep. 05, 1995
Filed:
Jun. 22, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lutz C Blank, Colchester, GB;
David M Spirit, Woodbridge, GB;
Assignee:
British Telecommunications public limited company, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
25022721 ; 256 731 ; 25022714 ;
Abstract
Apparatus and a method for increasing the optical measurement range in optical time domain reflectometers in which a fibre laser amplifier is used to amplify the optical time domain reflectometer pulses launched into a waveguide. This apparatus and method have particular usefulness for branched local networks. The signal returning to the optical time domain reflectometer is amplified as well as the outbound signal.