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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. 07, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 26, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
David Wake, Suffolk, GB;
Assignee:
British Telecommunications Public Limited Company, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359150 ; 359145 ;
Abstract
A transducer for use in a hybrid optical and radio communications system includes a zero electrical power photodetector and a radio antenna. The photodetector is electrically connected to the radio antenna so that, in use, optical signals are received and radio signals are transmitted by the transducer without the use of electrical power. The transducer can thus be remotely sited at locations in communications systems not having a supply of electrical power. In a first embodiment the photodetector includes a zero-bias photodiode, and in a second embodiment the transducer includes a self-biasing photodetector.