75382176
Oct 30, 1997
Aug 22, 2000
WAVE DIVISION MULTIPLEXER MODULES AND SYSTEMS WITH PASSIVE AND ACTIVE OPTIONS COMPRISED OF SOME OR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING MAJOR COMPONENTS - PASSIVE OPTICAL WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING COUPLERS; PASSIVE OPTICAL WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING FILTERS; PASSIVE OPTICAL SAME WAVELENGTH MULTIPLEXING CIRCULATORS; PASSIVE OPTICAL SPLITTER COUPLERS; ELECTRO/MECHANICAL SWITCHES; ACTIVE OPTICAL CONVERTERS/TRANSPONDERS THAT CONVERT OPTICAL INPUTS FROM SINGLE/MULTIMODE TO SINGLE MODE FIBER, LOW TO HIGH OPTICAL POWER, AND FROM A COMMON WAVELENGTH TO ONE SPECIFIC TO THAT REQUIRED BY THE WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXER; SYSTEM MANAGEMENT; SIGNAL REGENERATION/RE-CLOCKING CIRCUITRY; CHASSIS/ENCLOSURE; POWER SUPPLIES AND BACKPLANE- FOR OPTICALLY COMBINING AND SEPARATING DATA TELECOMMUNICATIONS, VIDEOS AND OTHER DIGITAL AND ANALOG SIGNALS ONTO AND OFF FROM COMMON FIBER OPTIC CABLE
Electrical and Scientific Apparatus