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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2002
M. Imran Hayee, Columbia, MD (US);
BO Pedersen, Annapolis, MD (US);
Alexei N. Pilipetskii, Colts Neck, NJ (US);
Gerald E. Lenner, Tinton Falls, NJ (US);
M. Imran Hayee, Columbia, MD (US);
Bo Pedersen, Annapolis, MD (US);
Alexei N. Pilipetskii, Colts Neck, NJ (US);
Gerald E. Lenner, Tinton Falls, NJ (US);
Tyco Telecommunications (US) Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
An optical signal receiver including a plurality of threshold decision circuits configured to receive an electrical signal representative of the optical signal. Each of the threshold decision circuits is configured to sample the electrical signal and to provide an associated threshold decision circuit output in response to a comparison of the signal to an associated threshold level. The threshold decision circuit outputs are coupled to an output decision circuit, which is configured to output a signal representative of a binary state of the optical signal. An optical communication system and a method of reconstructing received data signal in an optical communication system are also provided.