Optical transmitter
CA 2237260 C · Owner: Westbrook, Leslie David · Inventors: Westbrook, Leslie David; Moodie, David Graham
Overview
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An optical transmitter (1) includes a directly modulated semiconductor laser (2) and a non-linear optical intensity modulator (3) which is connected in series with the output of the laser. High frequency analogue modulating signals are applied both to the laser and to the modulator. The modulator has a transfer characteristic such that it cancels intermodulation distortion in the output from the laser, to give a source with an improved dynamic range. The transmitter is suitable for use in an analogue optical distribution system for cellular radio.
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- Filed November 19, 1996 and granted August 13, 2002. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 19, 2016.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by November 19, 2018.
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