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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:
Apr. 23, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 08, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Alcatel, , FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/012 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/012 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a system for interchanging optical signals over an optical fiber. The system comprises an optical component of the spectrograph type having an array of waveguides, an optical signal emitter and an optical signal receiver, a channel of one of the couplers of the optical component being connected to the optical fiber, a first channel and a second channel of the other coupler of the optical component being connected respectively to an inlet of the receiver and to an outlet of the emitter, and the said other coupler having a third channel connected to a port of another optical component of the system.