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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:
Oct. 13, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2003
Applicants:
Michael H. Eiselt, Middletown, NJ (US);
Lara Garrett, Red Bank, NJ (US);
Samir Sheth, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Michael H. Eiselt, Middletown, NJ (US);
Lara Garrett, Red Bank, NJ (US);
Samir Sheth, Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention pertains to optical fiber transmission systems, and is particularly relevant to transmission of large volumes of data over long distances at high rates. An apparatus and method for improved bit-error-rate (BER) performance when transmitting optical data over long distances using is disclosed. In particular, the improvement teaches the proper decision threshold setting of the optical signal at the receiver module.