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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2016
Applicant:
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Inventors:
Ning Cheng, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Frank J. Effenberger, Colts Neck, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/27 (2013.01); H04J 14/02 (2006.01); H04B 10/40 (2013.01); H04B 10/80 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/27 (2013.01); H04B 10/40 (2013.01); H04B 10/807 (2013.01); H04J 14/02 (2013.01); H04J 14/0265 (2013.01); H04J 14/0282 (2013.01); H04J 14/0297 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus comprising an arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) comprising a plurality of AWG ports, a power splitter comprising a plurality of splitter ports, and a plurality of optical interleavers, each coupled to a respective AWG port and a respective splitter port, for directing incoming optical signals to one of the AWG and the power splitter.