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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2012
Robert C. Peach, Rockledge, FL (US);
Charles Middleton, Rockledge, FL (US);
Richard Desalvo, Satellite Beach, FL (US);
Scott L. Meredith, Vero Beach, FL (US);
Robert C. Peach, Rockledge, FL (US);
Charles Middleton, Rockledge, FL (US);
Richard DeSalvo, Satellite Beach, FL (US);
Scott L. Meredith, Vero Beach, FL (US);
Harris Corporation, Melbourne, FL (US);
Abstract
A communications device includes a transmitter device including first and second optical sources, a first optical coupler coupled to the first and second optical sources, and a first modulator coupled to the first optical coupler and to modulate a combined carrier signal including the first and second optical carrier signals with an RF input signal. The communications device includes a receiver device having a second modulator to further modulate the modulated combined carrier signal with an LO signal, a FM-PM discriminator coupled to the second modulator and to convert the modulated combined carrier signal to an intensity modulated combined carrier signal based upon the LO signal, a second optical coupler coupled to the FM-PM discriminator and to generate first and second intensity modulated carrier signals, and an optical-to-electrical converter coupled to the second optical coupler and to generate an IF signal.