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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:
Dec. 02, 1997
Filed:
Aug. 28, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ; H01S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359341 ; 359160 ; 359177 ; 385 21 ;
Abstract
An integrated optical circuit is described for coupling an optical fiber amplifier with two or four terminals in such a way that the optical fiber amplifier is supplied with optical signals in a prescribed direction, and the optical signals are coupled out to an optical network via a directed directional coupler. The necessary optical switches, couplers, terminals and light guides are integrated into the integrated optical circuit.