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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:
Nov. 19, 1996
Filed:
Aug. 17, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
S Chandrasekhar, Matawan, NJ (US);
Andrew G Dentai, Atlantic Highlands, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ; H04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
385 14 ; 385 24 ; 385 31 ; 385 39 ; 385 49 ; 385-1 ; 385-2 ; 385131 ; 359154 ; 359173 ;
Abstract
An optical network unit designed to be connected to incoming and outgoing fibers at a customer location is made in integrated-circuit form. One portion of the integrated circuit includes a thin-film waveguiding layer and functions as an optical splitter, a photodetector and a modulator. Another portion of the circuit serves as an amplifier..