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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2003
Eric B. Grann, San Ramon, CA (US);
Curtis A. Ray, Alamo, CA (US);
Todd Whitaker, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Michael J. Laha, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Brian Peters, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Eric B. Grann, San Ramon, CA (US);
Curtis A. Ray, Alamo, CA (US);
Todd Whitaker, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Michael J. Laha, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Brian Peters, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Omron Network Products, LLC, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A bi-directional (BiDi) electrical to optical converter (transceiver) module is described that contains means for communicating in a full duplex fashion over one fiber. Furthermore, an automatic fail-over capability is included which allows redundancy to be build in to the transceiver. In one configuration, a BiDi transceiver module contains two lasers at different wavelengths and a means for establishing which wavelength to communicate with. An example of an application for the described invention is a storage area network application which requires redundant links and are currently bound by the number of fibers connecting to the front panels of switches.