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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.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2003

Filed:

Jun. 30, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:

Marcel F. Schemmann, Echt, NL;

Venkatesh G. Mutalik, Manlius, NY (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/000 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/000 ;
Abstract

An in-line pre-shaper for a laser transmitter distorts an electronic information signal to compensate for distortions resulting from the optical information signal provided by the laser transmitter, being transmitted through an optical cable, as well as, compensating for distortions resulting from using the electronic information signal to modulate the laser beam produced by the laser transmitter to provide the optical information signal. The pre-compensation reduces both second order and third order distortion of the optical signal for the combination of the laser and the optical cable. Even though the optical signal is more distorted at the output of the laser transmitter, the optical signal that arrives at the receiver is less distorted.


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