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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. 13, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 06, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hiroshi Nakamoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Takao Naito, Kawasaki, JP;
Kazunori Hayami, Dazaifu, JP;
Shinji Sonoda, Fukuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/01 ; H04B 1/004 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/01 ; H04B 1/004 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to an optical transmitter and particularly to an optical transmitter including an external optical modulator such as Mach-Zehnder type optical modulator which modulates the light from a light source to output an optical signal with a drive voltage signal generated depending on an input signal According to the present invention is achieved by providing an optical modulator, which add weighting to operating point control signal in accordance with optical output level of the modulator.