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Providing Optical Power Information from an Optical Receiver to an Optical Transmitter Using a Serial Bus

a technology of optical power information and serial bus, applied in the field of data communication, can solve problems such as difficulty in distinguishing data from nois

Inactive Publication Date: 2013-03-21
SMSC HLDG
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The patent describes a system and method for optical communication using a first device with an optical transceiver. The transceiver may be connected to other devices in a network through optical signals. The first device may communicate with the other devices by providing configuration information to the receiver. The receiver may then use the configuration information to receive the optical data from other devices. The receiver may also provide information about the optical power of the received data to the transmitter. The technical effects of this patent include improved sensitivity and dynamic configuration of the receiver and transmitter based on the quality of the received optical signals.

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Accordingly, distinguishing the data from the noise may be difficult.

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[0019]The following is a glossary of terms used in the present application:

[0020]Memory Medium—Any of various types of memory devices or storage devices. The term “memory medium” is intended to include an installation medium, e.g., a CD-ROM, floppy disks 104, or tape device; a computer system memory or random access memory such as DRAM, DDR RAM, SRAM, EDO RAM, Rambus RAM, etc.; a non-volatile memory such as a Flash, magnetic media, e.g., a hard drive, or optical storage; registers, or other similar types of memory elements, etc. The memory medium may comprise other types of memory as well or combinations thereof. In addition, the memory medium may be located in a first computer in which the programs are executed, or may be located in a second different computer which connects to the first computer over a network, such as the Internet. In the latter instance, the second computer may provide program instructions to the first computer for execution. The term “memory medium” may in...

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Abstract

An optical receiver, within a first device, may receive first configuration information from an optical transmitter, also within the first device. While receiving the first configuration information, the optical receiver may operate according to a clock. Later, the optical receiver may receive optical data from a second device according to the first configuration. While receiving the optical data from the second device, the optical receiver does not operate according to the clock, wherein the optical receiver not operating according to the clock allows the optical receiver to receive the optical data with greater sensitivity.

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PRIORITY INFORMATION[0001]This application claims benefit of priority of U.S. provisional application Ser. No. 61 / 535,817 titled “Alignment of Optical Sensors” filed Sep. 16, 2011, whose inventors were Tony Susanto, Zhonghong Shen, Tihsiang Hsu, Markus N. Becht, Galin I. Ivanov and Evan L. Marchman, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety as though fully and completely set forth herein.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention relates to the field of data communications, and more particularly to optical communication between devices.DESCRIPTION OF THE RELATED ART[0003]In recent years communication between devices has become both prevalent and necessary. In some systems, devices may communicate via optical means, e.g., using optical cables and optical transceivers. In some cases, these devices may communicate in a ring network, where data from a source device to a destination device may pass through several intermediate devices. Each device may analyze the d...

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IPC IPC(8): H04B10/08
CPCG02B6/423G02B6/4246Y10T29/49124H04B10/40G02B6/4292
Inventor SUSANTO, TONYSHEN, ZHONGHONGHSU, TIHSIANG
Owner SMSC HLDG