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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:
Jan. 17, 2012
Filed:
May. 08, 2008
Applicants:
Peter E. Kirkpatrick, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assaf Shacham, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Marc Epitaux, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Peter E. Kirkpatrick, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assaf Shacham, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Marc Epitaux, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Alpenio, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system is provided for implementing PCI Express protocol signals over an optical link. A transmission circuit is used to provide an electrical-to-optical conversion, a receiving circuit provides an optical-to-electrical conversion, and a sideband circuit is used to provide and receive control information.