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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2004
Applicants:
Jerzy Domagala, Red Bank, NJ (US);
Yi Cai, Eatontown, NJ (US);
Franklin Webb Kerfoot, Iii, Red Bank, NJ (US);
Greg Valvo, Wall, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Jerzy Domagala, Red Bank, NJ (US);
Yi Cai, Eatontown, NJ (US);
Franklin Webb Kerfoot, III, Red Bank, NJ (US);
Greg Valvo, Wall, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Tyco Telecommunications (US) Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01); H03M 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus and method for decision threshold control in an optical signal receiver. A forward error correction (FEC) decoder provides a feedback signal representative of corrected errors. The decision threshold is adjusted to balance a number of corrected ones and zeros.