公开(公告)号：EP2873172A2

公开(公告)日：2015-05-20

申请号：EP13799695.5

申请日：2013-05-10

申请人： Raytheon Company

发明人： HASTINGS Jr., C., Thomas ,  SILNY, John, F. ,  COLEMAN, Gary, D. ,  SMITH, Duane

IPC分类号： H04B10/118

摘要： A free space optical communication system (100) and method including a constellation of several satellites (102). Each of satellites including: several inter-satellite optical telescopes (204) for optical communication with multiple neighboring satellites, each inter-satellite optical telescope is capable of adjusting its elevation angle; and several up/down link optical telescopes (206) for optical communication with multiple ground sites. As the constellation passes a given ground site, some of the up/down-link telescopes of a given satellite are configured to track at least two respective ground optical telescopes of the given ground site and send data to the ground optical telescope with the clearest line of sight to the given satellite. Moreover, each of the satellites includes optical circuitry (208, 210, 212, 216) for optically processing and switching incoming and outgoing optical signals without converting the optical signals into electrical signals.

摘要翻译： 一种自由空间光通信系统（100）和方法，包括若干卫星（102）的星座。 每个卫星包括：几个卫星间光学望远镜（204），用于与多个相邻卫星进行光通信，每个卫星间光学望远镜能够调节其仰角; 以及用于与多个地面位置进行光通信的多个上/下链路光学望远镜（206）。 当星座通过给定的地面站点时，给定卫星的一些上/下链路望远镜被配置为跟踪给定地面站点的至少两个相应的地面光学望远镜，并且以最清晰的线路将数据发送到地面光学望远镜 对于给定的卫星。 此外，每个卫星包括用于光学处理和切换输入和输出光信号而不将光信号转换成电信号的光电路（208,210,212,216）。

公开(公告)号：EP3607284A1

公开(公告)日：2020-02-12

申请号：EP18706603.0

申请日：2018-02-06

申请人： Raytheon Company

发明人： SPENCER, Susan, B. ,  COOK, Lacy, G. ,  BULLARD, Andrew, L. ,  SILNY, John, F.

IPC分类号： G01J3/02 ,  G01J3/28 ,  G01J3/18

公开(公告)号：EP3582411A1

公开(公告)日：2019-12-18

申请号：EP19189844.4

申请日：2013-05-10

申请人： Raytheon Company

发明人： HASTINGS Jr., C. Thomas ,  SILNY, John, F. ,  COLEMAN, Gary, D. ,  SMITH, Duane

IPC分类号： H04B10/118

摘要： A free space optical communication system (100) and method including a constellation of several satellites (102). Each of satellites including: several inter-satellite optical telescopes (204) for optical communication with multiple neighboring satellites, each inter-satellite optical telescope is capable of adjusting its elevation angle to accommodate changes in the number of satellites in the constellation; and several up/down link optical telescopes (206) for optical communication with multiple ground sites, where each ground site has several ground optical telescopes. As the constellation passes a given ground site, some of the up/down-link telescopes of a given satellite are configured to track at least two respective ground optical telescopes of the given ground site and send data to the ground optical telescope with the clearest line of sight to the given satellite. Moreover, each of the satellites includes optical circuitry (208, 210, 212, 216) for optically processing and switching incoming and outgoing optical signals without converting the optical signals into electrical signals.

公开(公告)号：EP2873172B1

公开(公告)日：2020-02-19

申请号：EP13799695.5

申请日：2013-05-10

申请人： Raytheon Company

发明人： HASTINGS Jr., C., Thomas ,  SILNY, John, F. ,  COLEMAN, Gary, D. ,  SMITH, Duane

IPC分类号： H04B10/118

公开(公告)号：EP3170314A1

公开(公告)日：2017-05-24

申请号：EP15738197.1

申请日：2015-06-24

申请人： Raytheon Company

发明人： SILNY, John, F. ,  COLEMAN, Gary, D.

IPC分类号： H04Q11/00

CPC分类号： H04Q11/0005 ,  G02B6/262 ,  G02B6/3518 ,  H04Q2011/0009 ,  H04Q2011/0015 ,  H04Q2011/0016 ,  H04Q2011/0026 ,  H04Q2011/003 ,  H04Q2011/0039 ,  H04Q2011/0043 ,  H04Q2011/0047 ,  H04Q2011/0049

摘要： Device and method for optically switching a plurality of optical input signals include: receiving the plurality of optical input signals, wherein one or more of the optical input signals represent multiple channels at different channel frequencies; collimating the received plurality of optical input signals; removing noise between the channels by a comb filter; dispersing the collimated optical signals so that signals of different wavelength are separated by different angles; focusing the optical signals separated by different angles on a light switch device having a plurality of micromirrors; and controlling the light switch by a control signal to direct one or more of the optical signals separated by different angles to one or more output fibers for multicasting of the optical input signals.

摘要翻译： 用于光学切换多个光输入信号的设备和方法包括：接收多个光输入信号，其中一个或多个光输入信号表示处于不同信道频率的多个信道; 准直所接收的多个光输入信号; 通过梳状滤波器去除通道之间的噪声; 对准直的光信号进行散射，使不同波长的信号分开不同的角度; 将由不同角度分开的光信号聚焦在具有多个微镜的光开关装置上; 以及通过控制信号来控制所述灯开关，以将以不同角度分离的一个或多个光信号引导到用于多播光输入信号的一个或多个输出光纤。