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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2009
Applicant:
Christopher Fludger, Nuremberg, DE;
Inventor:
Christopher Fludger, Nuremberg, DE;
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/06 (2011.01); H04B 10/04 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
This invention relates to a phase control circuit for an optical receiver (). The phase control circuit () comprises a non-linear element () and a power detector (). The non-linear element () has a rectifying characteristic, inputs the received electrical signal () and provides a rectified signal at its output. The power detector () provides an error signal which is used to obtain a phase control signal () which is output by the phase control circuit. The invention further relates to a corresponding method for phase control of an optical receiver ().