Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Free space optical communication system receiver
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Application No.: US16309333Application Date: 2017-06-09
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Publication No.: US10476591B2Publication Date: 2019-11-12
- Inventor: Leslie Charles Laycock , Andrew James Williams , Michael Stewart Griffith
- Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS plc
- Applicant Address: GB London
- Assignee: BAE SYSTEMS plc
- Current Assignee: BAE SYSTEMS plc
- Current Assignee Address: GB London
- Agency: Finch & Maloney PLLC
- Priority: EP16174269 20160613; GB1610268.3 20160613
- International Application: PCT/GB2017/051690 WO 20170609
- International Announcement: WO2017/216526 WO 20171221
- Main IPC: H04B10/112
- IPC: H04B10/112

Abstract:
A free space optical communication system receiver (500) comprising: a central optical sensor (600); and a plurality of further optical sensors (601-604) disposed around a peripheral edge of the central optical sensor (600). The free space optical communication system receiver (500) may be coupled to means for moving the free space optical communication system receiver (500) relative to an incoming optical signal (510). A controller (508) may be configured to, using measurements of the incident optical signal (510) by the plurality of further optical sensors (601-604), control the means so as to move the free space optical communication system receiver (500) relative to the incident optical signal (510).
Public/Granted literature
- US20190260472A1 FREE SPACE OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM RECEIVER Public/Granted day:2019-08-22
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