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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:
Sep. 30, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert Krause, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Components, Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
250551 ; 327514 ; 359154 ;
Abstract
By using the linear behavior of optical emitters, one can provide an optically-coupled data communications line driver that directly interfaces with differential circuits. A single emitter provides multi-level signals avoiding the need for separate discrete devices.