Transducer reliability testing
    1.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10203366B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-12

    申请号:US15199105

    申请日:2016-06-30

    IPC分类号: G01R31/26 G01R31/28

    摘要: A transducer reliability testing and VCSEL failure prediction method are provided. The method includes applying a testing temperature and a constant current to a VCSEL for a testing time. The method monitors a forward voltage of the VCSEL and determines if a first change in forward voltage is above a first predetermined threshold over the testing time and if a second change in forward voltage is above a second predetermined threshold over a portion of the testing time. The method determines failure of the VCSEL if either of these predetermined thresholds are exceeded. The method determines passage of the VCSEL if the first change in the forward voltage and the second change in the forward voltage are both below the first predetermined threshold and the second predetermined threshold, respectively.

    Electro-optic transceiver module with wavelength compensation

    公开(公告)号:US10177841B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-08

    申请号:US15087562

    申请日:2016-03-31

    摘要: An electro-optic transceiver module, method of manufacturing, and method of transmitting signals are provided that allow multiple optical signals at different wavelengths (e.g., according to CWDM) to be combined for transmission via a number of optical fibers that is smaller than the number of electrical channels according to which the optical signals were generated. Thus, CWDM may be used in connection with lower-cost VCSEL technology (e.g., as opposed to higher-cost edge-emitting lasers) by providing for wavelength compensation at the VCSEL driver to offset any changes in wavelength that may have otherwise occurred at the VCSELs. In particular, a microcontroller of the electro-optic transceiver module correlates a monitored temperature of the VCSELs to an actual wavelength of the corresponding optical signals transmitted by the respective VCSELS and determined an adjustment in a current supplied by the VCSEL driver to each VCSEL to achieve more precise and consistent wavelengths at the VCSELs.

    Redundant and reconfigurable optical transceiver

    公开(公告)号:US09692511B1

    公开(公告)日:2017-06-27

    申请号:US15082313

    申请日:2016-03-28

    IPC分类号: H04B10/40 H04B10/25

    摘要: A reconfigurable and redundant electro-optical connector and corresponding method are provided. The connector may include a first plurality of transducers in communication with a first port and a second plurality of transducers in communication with a second port, the first port and the first transducers defining a first channel and the second port and the second transducers defining a second channel. The connector may include a selective combiner to combine the first optical signals and the second optical signals, and a controller in communication with each of the transducers. The controller may transmit at least a first portion of a first datalink on at least the first channel in a first configuration. The controller may redistribute the first portion of the first datalink onto at least the second channel in a second configuration.

    Wireless printed circuit board assembly with integral radio frequency waveguide

    公开(公告)号:US10658739B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-05-19

    申请号:US15586589

    申请日:2017-05-04

    摘要: An printed circuit board (PCB) assembly and method of assembling the same for a high-speed, short-reach communication link are described that provide a mechanism for transmitting radio frequency (RF) waves from one digital electronic component of the PCB assembly to another, where the second digital electronic component is located either on the same PCB assembly or on a second PCB assembly. The assembly includes a PCB having multiple layers and a digital electronic component supported by the PCB. At least one of the layers defines a channel that confines RF waves therein. An RF antenna in communication with the digital electronic component extends into the channel, and the RF antenna transmits RF signals generated by the digital electronic component into the channel as RF waves or receives RF waves via the channel and conveys corresponding RF signals to the digital electronic component.

    Opto-mechanical coupler
    6.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10345542B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-09

    申请号:US15280266

    申请日:2016-09-29

    摘要: An opto-mechanical coupler and corresponding method of manufacture are provided. The coupler may include a body defining a bottom surface, a receiving surface, and a reflective surface. The reflective surface may redirect optical signals between a first direction and a second direction. The receiving surface may position one or more optical fibers along the second direction such that an optical signal from the plurality of optoelectronic transceivers may be directed into the one or more optical fibers or an optical signal received from the one or more optical fibers may be directed into the plurality of the optoelectronic transceivers. The receiving surface may also define grooves to locate each optical fiber at a height relative to a first optical path in the second direction.

    OPTICAL TESTING OF FK MODULATORS FOR SILICON PHOTONICS APPLICATIONS

    公开(公告)号:US20180335653A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-22

    申请号:US15597835

    申请日:2017-05-17

    IPC分类号: G02F1/025 G01N21/65

    CPC分类号: G02F1/025 G02F2001/0157

    摘要: An method for characterizing a modulator for fabricating a silicon photonics circuit and an apparatus (e.g., a silicon photonics wafer) made via the method are described. The method includes determining an absorption spectrum of a modulator and determining, based at least on the determined absorption spectrum, an operational bandwidth of the modulator. The method further includes selecting a laser for coupling with the modulator using the operational bandwidth of the modulator. In this way, the laser is selected such that it has an emission bandwidth that corresponds to the operational bandwidth of the modulator.

    High-reliability active optical cable (AOC) with redundant emitters
    8.
    发明授权
    High-reliability active optical cable (AOC) with redundant emitters 有权
    具有冗余发射器的高可靠性有源光缆(AOC)

    公开(公告)号:US09351055B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-05-24

    申请号:US14458273

    申请日:2014-08-13

    IPC分类号: G02F1/00 H04Q11/00 H04B10/032

    摘要: An apparatus includes an array of electro-optical transducers, control circuitry, and a connector housing. The electro-optical transducers are configured to convert between electrical signals and respective optical signals conveyed over respective optical fibers. The control circuitry is configured, in response to a failure of a first electro-optical transducer in the array that is associated with a given optical fiber, to switch one or more of the electrical signals and the optical signals so as to replace the first electro-optical transducer with a second electro-optical transducer in the array in conveying an optical signal over the given optical fiber. The connector housing contains the array of the electro-optical transducers and the control circuitry.

    摘要翻译: 一种装置包括电光换能器,控制电路和连接器壳体阵列。 电光换能器被配置为在电信号和通过各个光纤传送的各个光信号之间进行转换。 控制电路被配置为响应于与给定光纤相关联的阵列中的第一电光换能器的故障,以切换电信号和光信号中的一个或多个,以便代替第一电 - 光学传感器,其中阵列中的第二电光换能器在给定光纤上传送光信号。 连接器壳体包含电光换能器和控制电路的阵列。

    High-reliability Active Optical CABLE (AOC) with Redundant Emitters
    9.
    发明申请
    High-reliability Active Optical CABLE (AOC) with Redundant Emitters 有权
    高可靠性有源光电缆(AOC)与冗余发射器

    公开(公告)号:US20150050015A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-02-19

    申请号:US14458273

    申请日:2014-08-13

    摘要: An apparatus includes an array of electro-optical transducers, control circuitry, and a connector housing. The electro-optical transducers are configured to convert between electrical signals and respective optical signals conveyed over respective optical fibers. The control circuitry is configured, in response to a failure of a first electro-optical transducer in the array that is associated with a given optical fiber, to switch one or more of the electrical signals and the optical signals so as to replace the first electro-optical transducer with a second electro-optical transducer in the array in conveying an optical signal over the given optical fiber. The connector housing contains the array of the electro-optical transducers and the control circuitry.

    摘要翻译: 一种装置包括电光换能器,控制电路和连接器壳体阵列。 电光换能器被配置为在电信号和通过各个光纤传送的各个光信号之间进行转换。 控制电路被配置为响应于与给定光纤相关联的阵列中的第一电光换能器的故障,以切换电信号和光信号中的一个或多个,以便代替第一电 - 光学传感器,其中阵列中的第二电光换能器在给定光纤上传送光信号。 连接器壳体包含电光换能器和控制电路的阵列。

    Optical components with reduced interference

    公开(公告)号:US11789222B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-17

    申请号:US17341645

    申请日:2021-06-08

    IPC分类号: G02B6/42 H04B10/50

    摘要: Optical components and associated methods of manufacturing are provided. An example optical component includes a body defined by an optical interposer substrate and a passivation layer applied to the optical interposer substrate. The optical interposer substrate defines a first surface of the body, and the passivation layer defines a second surface of the body opposite the first surface. The passivation layer includes a metallic shielding element configured to prevent interference between the first surface and the second surface. The optical component further includes an opening extending from the second surface to the optical interposer substrate, the opening defining an optical path through the passivation layer. The optical interposer substrate receives an optical signal from an optical transmitter supported by the second surface via the optical path.