Active apd gain control for an optical receiver
CA 2228347 C · Owner: Tektronix, Inc. · Inventors: Anderson, Duwayne R.
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An active avalanche photo-diode, APD, gain control circuit for use in an optical receiver includes a bias generator for varying the bias on a variable gain APD in response to bias control values generated by a controller. The controller receives the output of the optical receiver and determines the system noise of the receiver for the various bias control values. The system noise is compared to a threshold value for establishing the optimum bias for optimum gain of the APD. The gain control circuit is useable in an optical receiver in an optical time domain reflectometer OTDR, for, increasing the dynamic range of the OTDR.
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- Filed January 30, 1998 and granted January 8, 2002. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 30, 2018.
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