A high-density synchronous optical power meter
By designing a high-density synchronous optical power meter, the problem of insufficient port quantity in existing instruments was solved, enabling efficient synchronous measurement and centralized data processing of optical switching devices, reducing costs and power consumption, and simplifying use and maintenance.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202210984583.0
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Patents(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2022-08-17
- Publication Date
- 2026-01-16
- Estimated Expiration
- 2042-08-17
AI Technical Summary
The existing measuring instruments have fewer than 48 ports, making synchronous measurement impossible. This results in low production and testing efficiency for optical switching devices, high costs, large footprint, high power consumption, and complex operation.
Design a high-density synchronous optical power meter measuring instrument, which includes 12 high-density synchronous measurement modules. Each module has 6 fiber optic connection ports, 6 sets of high-speed photoelectric conversion units, 6 sets of high-speed amplification units, and 6 sets of high-speed synchronous acquisition units, realizing synchronous triggering measurement and centralized data processing of 72 optical power measurement ports, sharing a single instrument platform.
It enables synchronous triggering measurement of 72 optical power measurement ports, which greatly improves production testing efficiency, reduces costs, saves space and power consumption, and simplifies use and maintenance.
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Abstract
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present application relates to the technical field of measuring equipment, and particularly relates to a measuring instrument of a high-density synchronous optical power meter. BACKGROUND
[0002] With the application of the fifth generation mobile communication (5G) and the comprehensive promotion of the national energy-saving and emission-reduction strategy, optical switching gradually rises due to its extremely low energy consumption, smaller time delay and larger switching bandwidth, and its application has formed a trend of promoting from the network core node to the edge node, so the number of switching directions (dimension number) is rapidly increasing, and currently has 48 dimensions or even more. So many optical switching dimensions bring great challenges to the production and testing links of optical switching devices. Since most of the measuring instruments on the market are desktops, the number of measuring ports is far less than 48 ports, so it is difficult to meet the production and testing of optical switching devices with 48 dimensions or more. The traditional measurement method is to use multiple instruments in parallel to test to complete the optical power and spectrum scanning measurement, but due to the multiple instruments, it cannot be measured synchronously, the data cannot be processed centrally, and other problems such as low testing efficiency, which seriously restricts the production capacity of optical switching devices. The traditional measurement method mainly has the following shortcomings:
[0003] 1. The number of instrument measuring ports is less than 48, and synchronous measurement cannot be realized, so it cannot meet the requirements of multi-port, synchronous optical power and spectrum scanning measurement of optical switching devices.
[0004] 2. 1) High cost, the integration of traditional instruments is not enough, resulting in the stacking of multiple instruments for multi-port measurement, and multiple instrument platforms lead to additional purchase cost of measurement;
[0005] 2) Large floor area and high power consumption, the parallel connection of multiple instrument platforms leads to the occupation of more space by the instruments as a whole, and the high basic energy consumption of multiple instrument platforms leads to high overall energy consumption;
[0006] 3) Complex use and maintenance, multiple instrument platforms lead to the actual handling of multiple instruments for users when using, which is extremely inconvenient. SUMMARY
[0007] In order to solve the problems in the prior art, the application provides a high-density synchronous optical power meter measuring instrument, one measuring instrument has 12 high-density synchronous measuring modules, each high-density synchronous measuring module comprises one synchronous measuring unit group, each synchronous measuring unit group has 6 optical fiber connection ports, 6 groups of high-speed photoelectric conversion units, 6 groups of high-speed amplification units and 6 groups of high-speed synchronous acquisition units, therefore, more than 48 ports are provided, 72 optical power measuring ports are reached, synchronous trigger measurement of the 72 optical power measuring ports is realized, and centralized data processing is realized, the production test efficiency of optical switching devices is greatly improved, the cost is low, 72 optical power meters share one instrument platform, the additional purchase cost of users is saved, meanwhile, the high-density compact design is small in occupied area, low in power consumption, can be installed in a cabinet in a stacked mode, space is greatly saved, all optical power meters share one power supply, the power supply is high in conversion efficiency, and the problems that the measuring instrument cannot realize synchronous measurement due to less than 48 measuring ports, cannot meet the requirements of multi-port, synchronous optical power and optical spectrum scanning measurement of optical switching devices, is high in cost, low in integration of traditional instruments, large in occupied area, high in power consumption and complex in use and maintenance are solved.
[0008] The application provides a high-density synchronous optical power meter measuring instrument, which comprises a cabinet and a central control module and a plurality of high-density synchronous measuring modules arranged in the cabinet.
[0009] The application further provides that the synchronous measuring unit group comprises 6 optical fiber connection ports, 6 groups of high-speed photoelectric conversion units, 6 groups of high-speed amplification units and 6 groups of high-speed synchronous acquisition units.
[0010] The application further provides that the output end of the control unit is electrically connected with the input end of the high-speed photoelectric conversion unit, the output end of the control unit is electrically connected with the input end of the high-speed amplification unit, the output end of the control unit is electrically connected with the input end of the high-speed synchronous acquisition unit, and the output end of the synchronous receiving unit is electrically connected with the input end of the control unit.
[0011] The central control module further comprises a synchronization management unit and a communication management unit, the synchronization management unit is electrically connected with the synchronization receiving unit, and the communication management unit is electrically connected with the control unit.
[0012] The central control module further comprises a central processing unit, an output end of the central processing unit is connected with an input end of the synchronization management unit, and an input end of the central processing unit is connected with an output end of the communication management unit.
[0013] The cabinet further comprises a cabinet upper cover, a cabinet bottom cover, and a cabinet rear cover, the cabinet bottom cover is fastened and connected with the cabinet upper cover, the cabinet rear cover is fastened and connected with the cabinet bottom cover, and the cabinet rear cover is fastened and connected with the cabinet upper cover.
[0014] The cabinet further comprises a high-speed backboard, a C-shaped partition plate, a rear upper cross beam, and a rear lower cross beam, the high-speed backboard is fixedly connected with the C-shaped partition plate, a lower side of the high-speed backboard is fastened and connected with the rear lower cross beam, the rear lower cross beam is fastened and connected with the cabinet upper cover, an upper side of the C-shaped partition plate is fastened and connected with the rear upper cross beam, and the rear upper cross beam is fastened and connected with the cabinet upper cover.
[0015] The cabinet further comprises an upper sliding channel plate and a front upper cross beam, the rear upper cross beam is fastened and connected with a rear side of the upper sliding channel plate, the front upper cross beam is fastened and connected with a front side of the upper sliding channel plate, and the front upper cross beam is fastened and connected with the cabinet upper cover.
[0016] The cabinet further comprises a lower sliding channel plate and a front lower cross beam, the rear lower cross beam is fastened and connected with a rear side of the lower sliding channel plate, the front lower cross beam is fastened and connected with a front side of the lower sliding channel plate, and the front lower cross beam is fastened and connected with the cabinet upper cover.
[0017] The cabinet further comprises a transverse partition plate, a power module, a fan, and a fan frame, the power module is fastened and connected with the transverse partition plate, the fan is fixedly arranged in the fan frame and fastened and connected with the transverse partition plate, and the transverse partition plate is fastened and connected with the cabinet upper cover.
[0018] Compared with the prior art, the high-density synchronous optical power meter measuring instrument has the advantages that: a measuring instrument has 12 high-density synchronous measuring modules, each high-density synchronous measuring module comprises a synchronous measuring unit group, each synchronous measuring unit group has 6 fiber connection ports, 6 groups of high-speed photoelectric conversion units, 6 groups of high-speed amplification units and 6 groups of high-speed synchronous acquisition units, thus more than 48 ports are provided, 72 optical power measuring ports are reached, synchronous trigger measurement of the 72 optical power measuring ports is realized, and centralized data processing is realized, the production test efficiency of optical switching devices is greatly improved, the cost is low, 72 optical power meters share one instrument platform, the additional purchase cost of users is saved, meanwhile, the high-density compact design is small in occupied area, low in power consumption, can be stacked and installed in a cabinet, space is greatly saved, all optical power meters share one power supply, the power supply is high in conversion efficiency, the problems that the measuring instrument cannot realize synchronous measurement because the number of measuring ports is less than 48, cannot meet the requirements of multi-port, synchronous optical power and optical spectrum scanning measurement of optical switching devices, is high in cost, is low in integration of traditional instruments, is large in occupied area, is high in power consumption and is complex in use and maintenance are solved, and the high-density synchronous optical power meter measuring instrument will have a good development prospect in the field of measuring instruments. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0019] In order to more clearly illustrate the scheme in the application or the prior art, the drawings needed to be used in the embodiments or the prior art description will be briefly introduced as follows. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the application, and other drawings can be obtained by those skilled in the art without any creative effort on the basis of the drawings.
[0020] Figure 1 It is a front structure diagram of the high-density synchronous optical power meter measuring instrument.
[0021] Figure 2 It is a bottom cover structure diagram of the cabinet.
[0022] Figure 3 It is a rear cover structure diagram of the cabinet.
[0023] Figure 4 It is an internal structure diagram of the cabinet.
[0024] Figure 5 It is a synchronous measuring function structure diagram.
[0025] Figure 6 It is a high-density synchronous measuring module structure diagram.
[0026] Figure 7 It is a central control module structure diagram.
[0027] In the figure, 1-1-chassis, 1-2-central control module, 1-3-high density synchronous measurement module, 1-4-chassis upper cover, 2-1-chassis bottom cover, 3-1-chassis rear cover, 3-2-user data interface, 3-3-chassis rear high speed interface, 4-1-upper slide plate, 4-2-lower slide plate, 4-3-high speed backplane, 4-4-C-shaped partition, 4-5-transverse partition, 4-6-front upper cross beam, 4-7-rear upper cross beam, 4-8-rear lower cross beam, 4-9-power module, 4-10-fan, 4-11-fan frame, 5-1 to 5-6-synchronous interface, 5-7-selection unit, 5-8-synchronous management unit, 5-9-synchronous filtering unit, 5-10-synchronous broadcast unit, 5-11-synchronous receiving unit, 5-12-high speed synchronous acquisition unit, 5-13-high speed data receiving unit, 5-14-central processing unit, 5-15-communication management unit, optical fiber 6-1-connection port, 6-2-high speed photoelectric conversion unit, 6-3-high speed amplification unit, 6-4-high speed synchronous acquisition unit, 6-5-control unit, 6-6-synchronous receiving unit, 6-7-power unit, 7-1-central processing unit, 7-2-synchronous management unit, 7-3-communication management unit, 7-4-power unit. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0028] Unless otherwise defined, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this application belongs; the terminology used in the description herein is for describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the application; the present application will be described with reference to the drawings and terminology used by a person skilled in the art. The terminology used in the description herein is for describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the application. The words "comprising," "including," "having," and the like, as used in the specification are meant to be construed in a non- limiting fashion. The terms "first," "second," and the like, as used in the description herein, are used only for distinguishing between different objects and do not necessarily have an ordinal or chronological significance.
[0029] Reference herein to "an embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment can be included in at least one embodiment of the application. The appearances of the phrase that in various places in the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment, nor are they necessarily mutually exclusive of one another. It is expressly understood that the embodiments described herein are merely examples from a technique that can be combined with other embodiments in addition to the content of the attached claims.
[0030] In order to make the technical personnel in the art better understand the scheme of the present application, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings.
[0031] As Figure 1As shown, the application provides a high-density synchronous optical power meter measuring instrument, which comprises a cabinet 1-1 and a central control module 1-2, a plurality of high-density synchronous measuring modules 1-3 arranged in the cabinet. The high-density synchronous measuring module comprises a plurality of synchronous measuring unit groups, a synchronous receiving unit 6-6, a control unit 6-5 and a power unit 6-7. The output end of the synchronous measuring unit group is connected with the input end of the synchronous receiving unit 6-6. The power unit 6-7 is electrically connected with the synchronous measuring unit group, the synchronous receiving unit 6-6 and the control unit 6-5 respectively. The control unit 6-7 can control the synchronous measuring unit group to collect optical signals and transmit the processed signals to the synchronous receiving unit 6-6 and then to the central control module 1-2 to complete optical power measurement.
[0032] As shown in Figure 6 , the synchronous measuring unit group comprises six fiber connection ports 6-1, six groups of high-speed photoelectric conversion units 6-2, six groups of high-speed amplification units 6-3 and six groups of high-speed synchronous acquisition units 6-4. The output end of the fiber connection port 6-1 is electrically connected with the input end of the high-speed photoelectric conversion unit 6-2. The output end of the high-speed photoelectric conversion unit 6-2 is electrically connected with the input end of the high-speed amplification unit 6-3. The output end of the high-speed amplification unit 6-3 is electrically connected with the input end of the high-speed synchronous acquisition unit 6-4. The output end of the high-speed synchronous acquisition unit 6-4 is electrically connected with the input end of the synchronous receiving unit 6-6. The optical signal enters the system through the fiber connection port 6-1, is converted into an electrical signal by the high-speed photoelectric conversion unit 6-2, is amplified by the high-speed amplification unit 6-3, and is collected by the high-speed synchronous acquisition unit 6-4,
[0033] As shown in Figure 6 , the output end of the control unit 6-5 is electrically connected with the input end of the high-speed photoelectric conversion unit 6-2, the input end of the high-speed amplification unit 6-3 and the input end of the high-speed synchronous acquisition unit 6-4. The output end of the synchronous receiving unit 6-6 is electrically connected with the input end of the control unit 6-5. The control unit 6-5 controls the gain of the high-speed amplification unit 6-3 and the control timing of the high-speed synchronous acquisition unit 6-4 according to the size of the signal to complete signal collection.
[0034] As shown in Figure 7 , the central control module 1-2 comprises a synchronous management unit 7-2 and a communication management unit 7-3. The synchronous management unit 7-2 is connected with the synchronous receiving unit 6-6. The communication management unit 7-3 is connected with the control unit 6-5. The synchronous management unit 7-2 receives signals. The communication management unit 7-3 communicates with the control unit 6-5 of the high-density synchronous measuring module 1-3 to complete parameter configuration and sends data to the user through a user data interface.
[0035] AsFigure 7 As shown in the figure, the central control module 1-2 also includes a central processing unit 7-1, the output end of the central processing unit 7-1 is connected with the input end of the synchronization management unit 7-2, the input end of the central processing unit 7-1 is connected with the output end of the communication management unit 7-3, and the central processing unit 7-1 completes the working state control of the whole machine, and completes data exchange and data processing with the communication management unit 7-3.
[0036] As shown in the figure, Figure 4 As shown in the figure, the case 1-1 includes a case upper cover 1-4, a case bottom cover 2-1, and a case rear cover 3-1, the case bottom cover 2-1 is fastened and connected with the case upper cover 1-4, the case rear cover 3-1 is fastened and connected with the case bottom cover 2-1, and the case rear cover is fastened and connected with the case upper cover.
[0037] As shown in the figure, Figure 4 As shown in the figure, the case 1-1 also includes a high-speed backboard 4-3, a C-shaped partition plate 4-4, a rear upper cross beam 4-7, and a rear lower cross beam 4-8, the high-speed backboard 4-3 is fixedly connected with the C-shaped partition plate 4-4, the lower side of the high-speed backboard 4-3 is fastened and connected with the rear lower cross beam 4-8, the rear lower cross beam 4-8 is fastened and connected with the case upper cover 1-4, the upper side of the C-shaped partition plate 4-4 is fastened and connected with the rear upper cross beam 4-7, and the rear upper cross beam 4-7 is fastened and connected with the case upper cover 1-4.
[0038] As shown in the figure, Figure 4 As shown in the figure, the case 1-1 also includes an upper sliding channel plate 4-1 and a front upper cross beam 4-6, the rear side of the rear upper cross beam 4-7 is fastened and connected with the upper sliding channel plate 4-1, the front side of the front upper cross beam 4-7 is fastened and connected with the upper sliding channel plate 4-1, and the front upper cross beam 4-7 is fastened and connected with the case upper cover 1-4.
[0039] As shown in the figure, Figure 4 As shown in the figure, the case 1-1 also includes a lower sliding channel plate 4-2 and a front lower cross beam 4-7, the rear side of the rear lower cross beam 4-8 is fastened and connected with the lower sliding channel plate 4-2, the front side of the front lower cross beam 4-7 is fastened and connected with the lower sliding channel plate 4-2, and the front lower cross beam 4-8 is fastened and connected with the case upper cover 1-4.
[0040] As shown in the figure, Figure 4 As shown in the figure, the case 1-1 also includes a transverse partition plate 4-5, a power module 4-9, a fan 4-10, and a fan frame 4-11, the power module 4-9 is fastened and connected with the transverse partition plate 4-5, the fan 4-10 is fixedly arranged in the fan frame 4-11 and fastened and connected with the transverse partition plate 4-5, and the transverse partition plate 4-5 is fastened and connected with the case upper cover 1-4.
[0041] As shown in the figure, Figure 5As shown, the synchronous interface includes 6 interfaces: 3 synchronous input ports (5-1, 5-2, 5-3), 1 trigger input port 5-4, 1 synchronous output port 5-5, and 1 trigger output port 5-6. After the synchronous input port of the user equipment accesses from the 3 synchronous input ports (5-1, 5-2, 5-3), the port selection is completed by the user-controlled selection unit 5-7, the selected synchronous signal enters the synchronous management unit 5-8, and the signal of the trigger input port enters the synchronous management unit 5-8. After the synchronous and delay compensation of the trigger signal are completed, the signal is sent to the synchronous output port 5-5 and the trigger output port 5-6, which is convenient for other equipment to continue to use the synchronous signal, and at the same time, the synchronous trigger signal is sent to the synchronous filter unit 5-9 to complete the glitch filtering and shaping processing of the signal, and then the signal is sent to the synchronous broadcast unit 5-10 to complete the broadcast to 12 synchronous receiving units 5-11. Each 1 synchronous receiving unit 5-11 correspondingly broadcasts the synchronous trigger signal to the respective 6 high-speed synchronous acquisition units 5-12. After all 72 high-speed synchronous acquisition units 5-12 complete the optical power acquisition at the same time, the data is sent to the high-speed data receiving unit 5-13. After the high-speed data receiving unit 5-13 completes the data aggregation, the data is sent to the central processing unit 5-14. The central processing unit 5-14 completes the data processing and index calculation, and sends the result to the communication management unit 5-15. The communication management unit 5-15 uploads the result to the user through the user data interface 3-2.
[0042] As can be seen from the above, the beneficial effects of the present application are: a high-density synchronous optical power meter is provided, which can realize more than 48 ports, up to 72 optical power measurement ports, synchronous trigger measurement of 72 optical power measurement ports, and centralized data processing, greatly improving the production and test efficiency of optical switching devices, and the cost is low. 72 optical power meters share one instrument platform, saving the user's additional purchase cost, and at the same time, the area occupied is small, the power consumption is low, the compact high-density design can be stacked and installed in a cabinet, greatly saving space, all optical power meters share one power supply, the power conversion efficiency is high, and the problems of insufficient 48 measurement ports of the instrument, unable to realize synchronous measurement, unable to meet the multi-port, synchronous optical power and spectral scanning measurement of optical switching devices, high cost, insufficient integration of traditional instruments, large area occupied, high power consumption, and complex use and maintenance are solved. The high-density synchronous optical power meter measuring instrument will have good development prospects in the field of measuring instruments.
[0043] The above-described specific embodiments are the preferred embodiments of the present application, and are not intended to limit the specific implementation range of the present application. The scope of the present application includes, but is not limited to, the specific embodiments, and any equivalent changes made in accordance with the present application are within the scope of protection of the present application.
Claims
1. A measuring instrument of a high-density synchronous optical power meter, characterized in that: The application relates to a high-density synchronous optical power measurement device, which comprises a cabinet and a central control module, a plurality of high-density synchronous measurement modules and a plurality of synchronous measurement unit groups arranged in the cabinet, wherein the output end of the synchronous measurement unit group is connected with the input end of a synchronous receiving unit, the power supply unit is electrically connected with the synchronous measurement unit group, the synchronous receiving unit and the control unit respectively, the control unit can control the synchronous measurement unit group to collect optical signals and transmit the optical signals to the synchronous receiving unit after processing, and then transmit the optical signals to the central control module to complete optical power measurement. The synchronous measurement unit group comprises six optical fiber connecting ports, six groups of high-speed photoelectric conversion units, six groups of high-speed amplification units and six groups of high-speed synchronous acquisition units, the output end of the optical fiber connecting port is electrically connected with the input end of the high-speed photoelectric conversion unit, the output end of the high-speed photoelectric conversion unit is electrically connected with the input end of the high-speed amplification unit, the output end of the high-speed amplification unit group is electrically connected with the input end of the high-speed synchronous acquisition unit, and the output end of the high-speed synchronous acquisition unit is electrically connected with the input end of the synchronous receiving unit. The output end of the control unit is electrically connected with the input end of the high-speed photoelectric conversion unit, the output end of the control unit is electrically connected with the input end of the high-speed amplification unit, the output end of the control unit is electrically connected with the input end of the high-speed synchronous acquisition unit, and the output end of the synchronous receiving unit is electrically connected with the input end of the control unit. The central control module comprises a synchronous management unit and a communication management unit, the synchronous management unit is electrically connected with the synchronous receiving unit, and the communication management unit is electrically connected with the control unit. The central control module further comprises a central processing unit, the output end of the central processing unit is connected with the input end of the synchronous management unit, and the input end of the central processing unit is connected with the output end of the communication management unit. The synchronous interface comprises six interfaces, including three synchronous input ports, one trigger input port, one synchronous output port and one trigger output port.
2. The high-precision synchronous optical power meter according to claim 1, wherein: The case further comprises an upper slide plate and a front upper cross beam, the rear upper cross beam is fastened to the rear side of the upper slide plate, the front upper cross beam is fastened to the front side of the upper slide plate, and the front upper cross beam is fastened to the upper cover of the case.
3. The high-precision synchronous optical power meter according to claim 2, wherein: The case further comprises a lower slide plate and a front lower cross beam, the rear lower cross beam is fastened to the rear side of the lower slide plate, the front lower cross beam is fastened to the front side of the lower slide plate, and the front lower cross beam is fastened to the upper cover of the case.
4. The high-precision synchronous optical power meter according to claim 3, wherein: The case further comprises a transverse partition plate, a power module, a fan and a fan frame, the power module is fastened to the transverse partition plate, the fan is fixedly arranged in the fan frame and fastened to the transverse partition plate, and the transverse partition plate is fastened to the upper cover of the case.
5. The high-precision synchronous optical power meter according to claim 4, wherein: The case further comprises a transverse partition plate, a power module, a fan and a fan frame, the power module is fastened to the transverse partition plate, the fan is fixedly arranged in the fan frame and fastened to the transverse partition plate, and the transverse partition plate is fastened to the upper cover of the case.
6. The high-precision synchronous optical power meter according to claim 5, wherein:
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