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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.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017

Filed:

Oct. 05, 2015
Applicant:

Avago Technologies General Ip (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;

Inventors:

Georgios Asmanis, Lake Forest, CA (US);

Faouzi Chaahoub, San Jose, CA (US);

Michael A. Robinson, Fremont, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/06 (2006.01); H04B 10/00 (2013.01); H01J 40/14 (2006.01); H01L 31/00 (2006.01); H01J 27/00 (2006.01); H04B 10/61 (2013.01); H03K 17/60 (2006.01); H03K 17/687 (2006.01); H03F 3/08 (2006.01); H01L 27/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/616 (2013.01); H03K 17/60 (2013.01); H03K 17/6877 (2013.01); H01L 27/08 (2013.01); H03F 3/087 (2013.01);
Abstract

An optical communication system, circuit, and Integrated Circuit (IC) chip are disclosed. The disclosed optical communication system includes a photodiode configured to receive light energy and convert the light energy into an electrical signal, an amplifier configured to receive the electrical signal from the photodiode and output an amplified electrical signal, and a control circuit comprising a biasing network that generates a modular logic level that scales with a bias voltage of the photodiode.


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