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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael Minneman, Broomfield, CO (US);
Assignee:
ILX Lightwave Corporation, Bozeman, MT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/10 ; H01S 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/10 ; H01S 3/00 ;
Abstract
A modulation control system is used in fiber optic data transmission and fiber optic test equipment. A modulation controller includes a plurality of function generators that are linked by a switching mechanics, to a rail system that drives a plurality of laser source cards. The switching mechanism for each rail is capable of driving the rail at the function-generated waveform or switching to an external source waveform. The laser source cards are intelligent in the sense that they can be programmably controlled by switching to select waveforms from a selected one of the rails.