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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. 09, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
David W. Boertjes, Nepean, CA;
Gary Mak, Ottawa, CA;
Assignee:
Nortel Networks Limited, St. Laurent, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 4/014 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 4/014 ;
Abstract
Optical receiving methods and systems are disclosed. One such optical receiving system includes an optical amplifier operable to produce amplified optical signals satisfying a filterless detection specification limit, and an optical detector locatable in unfiltered communication with the optical amplifier to receive the amplified optical signals therefrom.