Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Port replicator
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Application No.: US16568759Application Date: 2019-09-12
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Publication No.: US10992387B2Publication Date: 2021-04-27
- Inventor: Cedric Fung Lam , Xiangjun Zhao , Shuang Yin , Muthu Nagarajan , Tao Zhang , Liang Du , Adam Edwin Taylor Barratt , Changhong Joy Jiang , Claudio Desanti
- Applicant: Google LLC
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: Google LLC
- Current Assignee: Google LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: Honigman LLP
- Agent Brett A. Krueger
- Main IPC: H04B10/29
- IPC: H04B10/29 ; H04B10/25 ; H04B10/27 ; H04B10/50 ; H04B10/69

Abstract:
A method of combining optical signals from a plurality of optical fibers into a single optical signal includes receiving, at corresponding optical-signal receivers optically coupled to corresponding trunk fibers, respective optical signals. The method further includes determining, by the corresponding optical-signal receivers, when each respective optical signal is received. When the respective optical signal is received, the method includes performing the following steps: converting, by the corresponding optical-signal receiver, the respective optical signal to a corresponding electrical signal; transmitting, by the corresponding optical-signal receiver, the corresponding electrical signal to a corresponding input channel of an electrical-multiplexing device; and configuring the electrical-multiplexing device to select the corresponding input channel. Configuring the electrical-multiplexing device to select the corresponding input channel causes the electrical-multiplexing device to transmit the corresponding electrical signal to an electro-optical converter configured to convert the corresponding electrical signal back to the respective optical signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210083770A1 Port Replicator Public/Granted day:2021-03-18
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