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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2014
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventor:
Nagarajan Viswanathan, Karnataka, IN;
Assignee:
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/08 (2006.01); H04B 10/071 (2013.01); G01M 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/071 (2013.01); G01M 11/3109 (2013.01);
Abstract
An optical data transmitter is operable to transmit data other than test data on an optical fiber at a first wavelength and an optical time domain reflectometer is operable to receive data from the optical fiber at the first wavelength and to use the received data at the first wavelength to determine whether a defect exists in the optical fiber.