Optical network units (ONUs) for high bandwidth connectivity, and related components and methods

    公开(公告)号:US10110307B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-23

    申请号:US13410936

    申请日:2012-03-02

    摘要: Optical network units (ONUs) for high bandwidth connectivity, and related components and methods are disclosed. A fiber optical network ends at an ONU, which may communicate with a subscriber unit wirelessly at an extremely high frequency avoiding the need to bury cable on the property of the subscriber. In one embodiment, an optical network unit (ONU) is provided. The ONU comprises a fiber interface configured to communicate with a fiber network. The ONU further comprises an optical/electrical converter configured to receive optical downlink signals at a first frequency from the fiber network through the fiber interface and convert the optical downlink signals to electrical downlink signals. The ONU further comprises electrical circuitry configured to frequency convert electrical downlink signals to extremely high frequency (EHF) downlink signals at an EHF, and a wireless transceiver configured to transmit the EHF downlink signals to a proximate subscriber unit through an antenna.

    Light-weight strengthened, low-emittance vacuum insulated glass (VIG) windows
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    发明授权
    Light-weight strengthened, low-emittance vacuum insulated glass (VIG) windows 有权
    轻质加强,低发射真空绝缘玻璃(VIG)窗户

    公开(公告)号:US08679599B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-03-25

    申请号:US13074599

    申请日:2011-03-29

    IPC分类号: E06B3/66 E06B3/663 E04C2/54

    摘要: Vacuum-insulated glass windows include two or more glass panes, and glass-bump spacers formed in a surface of one of the panes. The glass-bump spacers consist of the glass material from the body portion of the glass pane. At least one of the glass panes comprises chemically-strengthened glass. Methods of forming VIG windows include forming the glass-bump spacers by irradiating a glass pane with a focused beam from a laser. Heating effects in the glass cause the glass to locally expand, thereby forming a glass-bump spacer. In embodiments where the glass-bump spacers are formed in a chemically-strengthened glass pane, the glass-bump spacers may be formed before or after the chemical strengthening. A second glass pane is brought into contact with the glass-bump spacers, and the edges sealed. The resulting sealed interior region is evacuated to a pressure of less than one atmosphere.

    摘要翻译: 真空绝热玻璃窗包括两个或更多个玻璃窗,以及形成在一个窗格的表面中的玻璃凸起间隔物。 玻璃凸起间隔件由玻璃板的主体部分的玻璃材料构成。 玻璃板中的至少一个包括化学强化玻璃。 形成VIG窗的方法包括通过用来自激光的聚焦光束照射玻璃板来形成玻璃凸块间隔物。 玻璃中的加热效应导致玻璃局部膨胀,从而形成玻璃凸块间隔物。 在玻璃凸块间隔件形成在化学强化玻璃板中的实施例中,玻璃凸块间隔件可以在化学强化之前或之后形成。 第二玻璃板与玻璃凸块间隔件接触,边缘密封。 将得到的密封内部区域抽真空至小于一个大气压。