2432results about "Electromagnetic transceivers" patented technology

A package comprises a photonic integrated circuit (PIC) with a modulator having a first modulator input, and a PIC interconnect region within two millimeters or fifty microns from the modulator. Additionally, an electric integrated circuit (EIC) is included with a driver circuit and an EIC interconnect region within two millimeters or fifty microns from the driver circuit. The driver circuit is electrically connected to the first modulator input via the EIC interconnect region, a first metal interconnect, and the PIC interconnect region. The modulator receives a temperature-dependent bias voltage, where the temperature dependence of the bias voltage inversely matches the temperature dependence of the modulator across an extended temperature range.

A package includes a first die with a compute element and first region, a second die with a compute element and second region, and a bridging element connecting the first and second dies. The bridging element includes interconnect regions for electrical coupling, a first photonic path from the first interconnect region to the second, and a second photonic path in the reverse direction. A photonic transceiver is integrated into the bridging element, with one portion sending and receiving optical signals via the photonic paths, and the other portion located in an AMS block in the first die or second die near the memory and compute elements. The transceiver portions are connected by a short electrical interconnect (less than 2 mm).

A LiDAR apparatus, including: a laser to generate an optical signal; modulation components configured to receive the optical signal as an input and to output at least two corresponding modulated optical signals at respective output ports, wherein each modulated optical signal is modulated by a corresponding pseudo-random bit sequence, and: (i) the optical signals have respective different delays such that the modulations do not overlap in time; or (ii) the pseudo-random bit sequences have low cross-correlation; for each of the at least two modulated optical signals, a corresponding optical transmitter configured to transmit the corresponding modulated optical signal towards a corresponding surface spaced from the LiDAR apparatus by a corresponding distance, and a corresponding optical receiver configured to receive a portion of the transmitted optical signal scattered and / or reflected by the surface, the received portion of the optical signal having a phase shift and / or Doppler shifted angular frequency due to radial motion of the LiDAR apparatus relative to the surface; at least one photodetector to receive the optical signals received by the optical receivers, interfered with a reference beam, and to generate a corresponding output signal; at least one analogue to digital converter to generate a digital signal representing the output signal from the at least one photodetector; and a digital signal processing component configured to process the digital signal to generate LiDAR data representing the distances to the surfaces and / or relative velocities of the surface(s) with respect to the apparatus.

The invention relates to a light receiving end, which is characterized in that an array lens for coupling emergent light of each channel of a 45-degree optical fiber array into a corresponding channel of an array detector chip is arranged between a 45-degree total reflection surface of a V-shaped groove in the 45-degree optical fiber array and the array detector chip, and the side surface of the array lens is fixed with the side surface of a cover plate in the 45-degree optical fiber array in a bonding manner. The invention discloses an optical receiving end coupling method. The method comprises the following steps of: aligning each channel of a 45-degree optical fiber array with each channel of an array detector chip one by one in an active coupling manner; the array lens is coupled between the 45-degree total reflection surface of the V-shaped groove in the 45-degree optical fiber array and the array detector chip in an active coupling manner, so that light emitted from each channel of the 45-degree optical fiber array is coupled into the corresponding channel of the array detector chip, and when the optimal coupling position is reached, glue dispensing is performed, and the light emitted from each channel of the 45-degree optical fiber array is obtained. And the side surface of the array lens is fixed with the side surface of the cover plate in the 45-degree optical fiber array. The beneficial effects are that the optical receiving end is optimal in performance, highest in yield and low in cost.

A heat transfer device may be used to provide a thermal conduit from heat generating components mounted on transversely oriented circuit boards. The heat transfer device generally includes a base portion for supporting and thermally coupling with at least one heat generating component on a main circuit board and a transverse portion for supporting and thermally coupling with at least one heat generating component on a daughter circuit board that is oriented transverse to the main circuit board. The base and transverse portions may be made of a thermally conductive material with raised pedestals providing the thermal coupling with the heat generating components. The transverse portion of the heat transfer device may also be designed to facilitate connecting the daughter circuit board to the main circuit board. The heat transfer device may be used in an opto-electronic communications module, such as a broadband digital access (BDA) module used in a hybrid fiber-coaxial (HFC) network.

A package comprises a photonic integrated circuit (PIC) with a modulator having a first modulator input, and a PIC interconnect region within two millimeters or fifty microns from the modulator. Additionally, an electric integrated circuit (EIC) is included with a driver circuit and an EIC interconnect region within two millimeters or fifty microns from the driver circuit. The driver circuit is electrically connected to the first modulator input via the EIC interconnect region, a first metal interconnect, and the PIC interconnect region. The modulator receives a temperature-dependent bias voltage, where the temperature dependence of the bias voltage inversely matches the temperature dependence of the modulator across an extended temperature range.

An adaptive modular multimodal communication and computing panel includes a multilayer stack with a protective layer transmissive in selected bands, a reconfigurable communication layer operable in phased array, reflectarray, hybrid phased reflector, free space optical, or quantum modes, and electronics with heterogeneous processors. A multi scale interconnect and input and output fabric couples electrical, radio frequency, guided optical, and free space optical domains through interfaces including electro optic transduction and RF or baseband conversion. The fabric may implement programmable true time delay, resonators, and comb referenced timing. A management system coordinates beamforming, sensing, routing, calibration, workload placement, and security. Panels tessellate and connect by electrical, radio frequency, and fiber optic interfaces, supporting hot swappable modules, blind mate connectors, robotic servicing, and anti tamper features. Power and thermal subsystems harvest, store, regulate, and dissipate energy. The architecture scales from chip level modules to vehicle, airborne, maritime, orbital, and deployable systems.

The invention relates to the technical field of underwater communication and positioning, in particular to a multi-mode underwater wireless communication system based on dynamic link calibration, which integrates underwater acoustic positioning guide, attitude adaptive tracking control, optical link enhancement and an error code correction mechanism. Comprising a central control core, an acoustic communication unit, an optical communication transmitting unit, an optical signal receiving unit, an optical control unit, a multi-axis attitude adjusting unit, a data fusion and verification processing unit and a high-speed modulation-demodulation and error code correction unit. And by using a double-shaft servo motor and automatic gain control, real-time target tracking and accurate alignment of optical signals are realized, FPGA and OFDM modulation are combined to optimize data throughput, and a data cross validation mechanism is introduced to correct error codes, so that the data integrity is improved.

Embodiments of the present application relate to the technical field of data transmission, and provide a high-speed optical communication connector and a server. Multiplexing of a module low-speed signal MODSEL and a negative clock signal is realized by means of a first signal pin, and multiplexing of an optical module reset signal or a positive clock signal is realized by means of a second signal pin, so that a high-speed optical communication connector comprising the first signal pin and the second signal pin can achieve both optical signal data transmission and PCIe protocol signal transmission, long-distance data transmission of PCIE bus data is achieved on the basis of an existing optical fiber network, the transmission efficiency of the PCIE bus data is improved, and resource waste of existing network infrastructure is avoided.

An aircraft comprising an aircraft transceiver to transfer data to and from the aircraft by free-space-optical communication when parked. The aircraft transceiver comprises a transmitter to generate outgoing light carrying aircraft-to-ground data; a lens to collimate the outgoing light to generate a collimated beam; a beam steering device to transform the collimated beam to generate a steered beam; a control system to operate the beam steering device to adjust an angle of the steered beam; and a receiver to sense incoming light carrying ground-to-aircraft data. The receiver receives the incoming light via the beam steering device and the lens. Also a vehicle with a similar transceiver to transfer data to and from a parked aircraft by free-space-optical communication.

The invention discloses an optical module which comprises a circuit board and a lens assembly, and a first sealing piece is arranged between the lens assembly and the circuit board. One end of the first lens assembly is provided with a wrapping cavity. A light port groove, a blocking piece and a third sealing piece are arranged on the light source module, the third sealing piece is located on the outer side wall of the blocking piece, the blocking piece covers the light port groove, and the light port groove is provided with a reflecting surface; the optical fiber bracket is fixed in the wrapping cavity; the first end face of the optical fiber support is buried in the wrapping cavity, a second sealing piece is arranged between the optical fiber support and the wrapping cavity, the wrapping cavity is provided with a first air hole, the spreading range of the second sealing piece in a gap between the top face of the optical fiber support and the wrapping cavity does not exceed the first air hole, and a twelfth sealing piece is arranged in the first air hole. According to the cooling device, the twelfth sealing piece is arranged in the first sealing piece, the second sealing piece, the blocking piece and the first air hole, so that cooling liquid is isolated; the sealing glue is isolated by embedding the first end face of the optical fiber support in the wrapping cavity.

The invention provides a control method and system of double-station transceiving integrated coupling equipment, and the method comprises the steps: obtaining defect coordinates and pinhole characteristic data of a target region, carrying out the analysis to obtain a transmittance abnormal region, generating an initial path of a spiral search algorithm according to the transmittance abnormal region, adjusting the search step size and angle, and obtaining a preliminary scanning boundary of a to-be-scanned region; analyzing the closeness degree of the scanning path and the defect, if the closeness degree is within a preset range, determining a power reduction condition according to the defect coordinate, adjusting the power, processing the light spot to obtain the size, and calculating a broadening coefficient; and extracting dynamic change data of the light spot size from the distributed power distribution, scanning the defect area to obtain a heat accumulation risk real-time distribution diagram, and dynamically adjusting the light spot size and power until the peak coupling power stability recovers to a preset range.

The invention provides an optical device, an optical module and an optical communication system. The optical device provided by the invention comprises a tube body, and a first receiving packaging structure, a second receiving packaging structure and a first transmitting packaging structure which are mounted on the tube body. A first light receiving chip used for receiving light of a first wave band is packaged in the first receiving packaging structure. A second light receiving chip used for receiving light of a second wave band and a third light receiving chip used for receiving light of a third wave band are packaged in the second receiving packaging structure. A first light emitting chip used for emitting light of a fourth wave band and a second light emitting chip used for emitting light of a fifth wave band are packaged in the first emitting packaging structure. The optical device provided by the invention can integrate three receiving optical paths and three transmitting optical paths at the same time, and can realize compatibility of three generations of network services so as to realize smooth upgrading of different generations of network services, so that the compatibility of an optical module and an optical communication system applying the optical device to different generations of network services can be improved.

An optical emission array includes an optical input portion configured to provide a parent laser source for the optical emission array, and an optical output portion including a plurality of child laser emitters. Each child laser emitter of the plurality of child laser emitters is injection-locked to the parent laser source. The optical emission array further includes at least two optical distribution branches (i) disposed between the optical input portion and the optical output portion, and (ii) optically connecting at least two child laser emitters of the plurality of child laser emitters, respectively, to the parent laser source.

A package includes a bridging element (an OMIB), and first and second photonic paths, forming a bidirectional photonic path. The OMIB has first and second interconnect regions to connect with one or more dies. Third and fourth unidirectional photonic paths may couple between the first interconnect region and an optical interface (OI). A photonic transceiver has a first portion in the OMIB and a second portion in one of the dies. The first and the second portions may be coupled via an electrical interconnect less than 2 mm in length. The die includes compute elements around a central region, proximate to the second portion. The OMIB may include an electro-absorption modulator fabricated with germanium, silicon, an alloy of germanium, an alloy of silicon, a III-V material based on indium phosphide (InP), or a III-V material based on gallium arsenide (GaAs). The OMIB may include a temperature compensation for the modulator.

The invention relates to the technical field of optical fiber communication, in particular to a method and a system for realizing optical fiber interconnection transmission by a high-speed serial transceiver based on an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array). Constructing a link feature baseline and combining with a multi-dimensional weighted quality index to drive an improved particle swarm algorithm to dynamically adjust a pre-emphasis coefficient and a receiving equalization parameter of the transceiver; signal jitter characteristics are extracted, clock data are dynamically adjusted based on the jitter characteristics and the bit error rate to recover the loop bandwidth, a forward error correction mode is dynamically switched through hysteresis threshold logic, and time delay and error correction capability are balanced; and continuously updating the baseline parameters through a closed-loop feedback mechanism to realize real-time adjustment and optimization of the quality of the optical fiber communication link.

One embodiment provides a computer system. The computer system includes a plurality of processing units, a plurality of memory channels, and an arrayed waveguide grating router (AWGR). A respective processing unit is coupled to an array of tunable optical transceivers. A respective memory channel is coupled to a plurality of memory banks. Each memory bank is associated with a unique optical wavelength and can be accessed via the corresponding wavelength. Each memory channel is coupled to an individual output port of the AWGR, and the tunable optical transceivers of each processing unit are respectively coupled to different input ports of the AWGR, thereby allowing each processing unit to communicate with any memory bank associated with any memory channel using an appropriate tunable optical transceiver tuned to the corresponding optical wavelength associated with the memory bank.

A wavelength-tunable optical transmission unit is configured to be able to transmit a channel setting optical signal including first channel information indicating a channel of the first channel setting optical signal. When receiving a channel setting optical signal from another optical transceiver, a wavelength-tunable optical reception unit forwards second channel information indicating a channel of the channel setting optical signal. A control unit includes an arithmetic unit that sets the channel to be used for the transmission by the wavelength-tunable optical transmission unit and the channel to be used for the reception by the wavelength-tunable optical reception unit, and a non-volatile storage unit. The arithmetic unit writes, to the non-volatile storage unit, only information indicating the channel determined to be used for the transmission by the wavelength-tunable optical transmission unit and the channel determined to be used for the reception by the wavelength-tunable optical reception unit.

Transport networks, network elements, and methods of use are described herein, including a transmitter comprising a client-side input, transmitter circuitry, and antennas. The client-side input is configured to receive baseband signals having client data encoded therein. The transmitter circuitry is configured to receive the baseband signals from the client-side input and generate antenna feed signals based on the baseband signals. The antennas are configured to receive the antenna feed signals from the transmitter circuitry, generate radiated signals based on the antenna feed signals, and couple the radiated signals into a hollow waveguide. Each of the radiated signals is a radiated electromagnetic wave configured for coherent detection and has a frequency in a range between 300 Gigahertz (GHz) and 10 Terahertz (THz).

The invention discloses an on-chip optical interconnection and switching chip and an application system thereof. Wherein the on-chip optical interconnection and exchange chip is integrated by a power divider, a bidirectional optical transceiver unit and an optical switch unit; the application system of the on-chip optical interconnection and switching chip comprises a multi-wavelength light source used for generating multi-wavelength optical carrier signals, a transceiving unit control and clock module used for bidirectional transceiving unit feedback / amplifier control and clock synchronization, and an optical switching control module used for switching an optical switching unit switching link. The chips and the modules are used for realizing optical interconnection and optical switching of the special electrical computing chip ASIC. According to the invention, bidirectional optical interconnection and exchange of special computing electric chips such as a CPU, a GPU, a DPU and the like can be realized by utilizing an on-chip optical interconnection and exchange technology, the interconnection rate is high, the exchange switching time is short, computing power cluster networking oriented to artificial intelligence application can be supported, and the application prospect is good.

An optical receiving module assembly is provided. The optical receiving module assembly includes an electric sub-assembly including a printed circuit board (PCB) including an opening portion and an electronic device mounted on the PCB and an optical receiving module including a first optical component mounted on the PCB and a second optical component mounted on the mount which includes a transparent material and is disposed in the opening portion, wherein the electronic device and the second optical component are electrically connected to each other by a mount electrode formed on a surface of the mount.

Chromatic dispersion compensation is performed in one or more pluggable optical transceiver (POT) devices operating within an intensity-modulated direct-detection (IMDD) optical network. Compensation is performed within each POT using an electrical and / or optical chromatic dispersion module which are controlled by a set of parameters. A network computing device includes a computer processor and a host management interface for communicating with the POT. In the event of a link failure, the computer processor determines a second set of parameters to control the one or more dispersion compensation module(s) of the POT. The second set of parameters are different from a first set of parameters used to control the one or more compensation module(s) in the case of a first optical path. The computer processor causes the POT to use the second set of parameters in place of the first set of parameters.

An optical device includes a substrate and a single-mode optical waveguide disposed on the substrate and having a first geometrical width chosen to guide optical radiation in a first optical mode within a given wavelength range through the single-mode optical waveguide. An optical ring waveguide is disposed on the substrate and optically coupled to the single-mode optical waveguide, the optical ring waveguide having a second geometrical width wider than first geometrical width and configured to maintain therewithin optical radiation in the given wavelength range in a second optical mode different from the first optical mode.

An optical transceiver includes an electro-optic front end; a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) and an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) connected to the electro-optic front end; and one or more Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) connected to the DAC and the ADC, wherein the one or more FPGAs are connected to one or more of a local memory and a remote storage for loading FPGA bit files, and wherein the one or more FPGAs are loaded with a forward error correction (FEC) encoding app and a FEC decoding app. The FEC encoding app and the FEC decoding app can be selected based on any of an optical application and a standard compliance requirement.

The invention relates to the technical field of optical wireless communication, in particular to an optical wireless communication device and method based on beam shaping, and the device comprises a beam shaping module which comprises at least one beam shaping lens so as to convert a beam outputted by a point light source into a uniformly distributed linear or planar light field; the optical transceiver module comprises a plurality of optical base stations, the optical base stations are arranged in a redundant mode in the extension direction of the communication scene, each optical base station integrates at least one optical transmitter, an optical detector and a plurality of prisms and is used for transmitting and receiving optical signals, and the coverage range of the single optical base station is expanded through the prisms; and the dynamic demodulation module is connected with the optical detector, and dynamically adjusts the demodulation threshold value of the corresponding bit error rate according to the real-time channel state. Therefore, when the technology is applied to wireless optical communication, the communication performance can be improved, the coverage distance can be increased, the coverage uniformity can be improved, the bit error rate can be reduced, the construction cost can be reduced, and the long-term stable communication requirement of a closed scene can be met.

A shared OTDR resource is disclosed that utilizes a combination of a pluggable OTDR and incorporated 1×N optical switch to allow for OTDR measurement and monitoring functionality to be shared between a plurality of N separate optical fibers that are used as communication paths between a pair of optical nodes (for example, a plurality of individual fiber spans used to interconnect a pair of data centers). The capability to maintain the OTDR functionality within a small form factor pluggable housing (e.g., QSFP, OSFP, or the like) in combination with the switch results in a shared OTDR resource that remains pluggable, and allows for increased flexibility in how this resource is shared among the various fibers.

The embodiment of the invention discloses a signal transmission method, a communication system and a photoelectric conversion module, the photoelectric conversion module and equipment jointly compensate an electric signal transmitted by a transmitting link, intersymbol interference is effectively suppressed, the signal quality of an optical signal is improved, and the bit error rate of the optical signal is reduced. The method comprises the following steps: firstly, the equipment or the photoelectric conversion module distributes a first compensation parameter to the photoelectric conversion module, and the first compensation parameter is smaller than a link parameter of a transmitting link; the device then compensates the first electrical signal according to a second compensation parameter to obtain a compensated second electrical signal. The device then sends a second electrical signal to the photoelectric conversion module. The photoelectric conversion module compensates the second electric signal according to the first compensation parameter to obtain a compensated third electric signal. And finally, the photoelectric conversion module performs electro-optical conversion on the third electric signal to obtain an optical signal, and the photoelectric conversion module emits the optical signal.

The invention relates to a device for optical communication. The apparatus comprises: a transmission unit comprising a first dual-core optical fiber, a first core of which transmits first signal light and a second core of which transmits first calibration light; the receiving unit comprises a second double-core optical fiber, a third core of the second double-core optical fiber receives second signal light, and a fourth core of the second double-core optical fiber transmits second calibration light; a transceiver unit configured to transmit the first signal light to another device, transmit the first and second calibration light to the fine tracking unit, receive the second signal light from another device, and transmit the second signal light to the fine tracking unit and the receiving unit; a fine tracking unit configured to detect a first position of the first calibration light, a second position of the second calibration light, and a third position of the second signal light; and a control unit configured to calibrate an optical axis of the device based on at least one of the first position, the second position, and the third position. According to the device for optical communication, the optical axis can be efficiently and accurately calibrated.

The invention provides a packaging structure, an optical module and an optical system, the packaging structure comprises an optical fiber unit and a chip unit, the chip unit comprises a photon chip and a chip cover plate, the photon chip is buckled with the chip cover plate, a spot size converter is arranged in the photon chip, and the spot size converter is composed of a cantilever beam waveguide and a first groove; the optical fiber unit comprises an optical fiber, a bottom plate and an optical fiber cover plate bottom plate; the waveguide is coupled with the optical fiber; wherein a first bonding part is arranged between the chip cover plate and the bottom plate, and a second bonding part is arranged between the photon chip and the optical fiber cover plate; or a first bonding part is arranged between the chip cover plate and the optical fiber cover plate, and a second bonding part is arranged between the photon chip and the bottom plate. In the packaging structure, a chip cover plate is arranged on a photon chip to form a chip unit, so that the bonding area between the chip unit and an optical fiber array is increased, the mechanical stability of the packaging structure is improved, and alignment of waveguides in the photon chip and optical fibers in the optical fiber array is realized.

The invention provides an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) accelerator card with a hard synchronization function, which comprises an FPGA chip used for processing a computing task issued by a universal processor system, the FPGA chip is provided with a storage module and a power supply module, and external interfaces comprise a PCIE (Peripheral Component Interface Express) interface, a QSFP (Quad Small Form-factor Pluggable) optical interface, an SMA (Shape Memory Alloy) interface and an RS422 interface. And the PCIE interface and the QSFP optical interface are respectively interconnected with the high-speed port of the FPGA module at a high speed. And the storage module, the SMA interface and the RS422 interface are all connected to a general I / O pin of the FPGA. According to the invention, the synchronization signal from the external device can be received, and the PCIE message interrupt is sent to the universal processor system end through the PCIE interface, so that the synchronization time base establishment between the universal processor system and the acceleration card external device is realized. And the message interruption of the PCIE is used as a strong real-time synchronization mode, so that the accurate control on the external equipment can be realized. Meanwhile, the PCIE module and the QSFP optical interface can achieve high-speed data transmission, and the acceleration card supporting strong real-time processing is formed by combining high-density parallel computing of the FPGA.