Multilevel optical signal system
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10305600B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-28

    申请号:US15297457

    申请日:2016-10-19

    IPC分类号: H04B10/50 H04B10/54

    摘要: The invention comprises a multilevel optical signal system comprising two or more light source branches and an optical power-combiner, wherein each branch comprising a light source, an optical modulator and an electrical driver for the modulator, wherein each electrical driver is configured for being driven by electrical signals to drive the modulator to modulate the light generated by the light source into a corresponding 2-level data signal such that the respective 2-level data signals differs in power level.

    Test circuit for a digital phase-locked loop

    公开(公告)号:US11070214B1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-20

    申请号:US17069894

    申请日:2020-10-14

    IPC分类号: H03L7/085 H03L7/099

    摘要: An Integrated Circuit (IC) includes a digital phase-locked loop (DPLL) circuit and DPLL Diagnostics circuitry (DPLL-DC). The DPLL circuit includes an oscillator, a digital phase detector and a digital feedback bus (DPLL-DFB). The oscillator is configured to generate an output signal. The digital phase detector is configured to generate a digital feedback signal indicative of a phase difference between the output signal and a reference input signal. The DPLL-DFB is configured to feed-back the digital feedback signal for controlling the oscillator. The DPLL-DC is coupled to the DPLL-DFB and is configured to monitor events depending at least on the digital feedback signal transferred on the DPLL-DFB.

    Look ahead based method and apparatus for equalizing pulse amplitude modulation electronic signals

    公开(公告)号:US10523471B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-12-31

    申请号:US15941831

    申请日:2018-03-30

    IPC分类号: H04L25/03 H04L27/06

    摘要: Embodiments are disclosed for equalizing a pulse amplitude modulation signal for a receiver in a communication system. An example method includes receiving an electronic signal. The electronic signal encodes a plurality of symbols in a number of amplitude levels in a plurality of pulses in the electronic signal. The example method further includes estimating multiple symbol values using all possible values of an immediately preceding symbol for each symbol in the electronic signal. Each estimated symbol value is determined using one of the possible values of the immediately preceding symbol. The example method further includes receiving an actual value of the immediately preceding symbol and selecting an actual estimated symbol value from the multiple symbol values based on the actual value of the immediately preceding symbol. The actual estimated symbol value may be used as the actual value for selecting an estimated symbol value of an immediately subsequent symbol.