Tri-state optical device
CA 1299717 C · Owner: American Telephone And Telegraph Company · Inventors: Lentine, Anthony Lodovico
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Abstract, A tri-state optical device 400 is disclosed having photodiodes 401 and 402 with respective quantum-wells 403 and 404 in the intrinsic regions. The photodiodes are connected in series with a bipolar switch 406 and a source of electrical potential 405 for emitting a pair of optical output beams having various combinations of power levels depending on the state of the bipolar switch and the ratio of two optical control beams incident on the photodiodes. In one state of the tri-state device with the bipolar switch in a conducting state the two output beams, have complementary high and low power levels representing for example, high, and low logic levels "1" and "0". In a second state …
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- Granted April 28, 1992. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended April 28, 2009.
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