CA997181A - Optical communication system - Google Patents

Optical communication system

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Publication number
CA997181A
CA997181A CA197,972A CA197972A CA997181A CA 997181 A CA997181 A CA 997181A CA 197972 A CA197972 A CA 197972A CA 997181 A CA997181 A CA 997181A
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Prior art keywords
communication system
optical communication
optical
communication
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CA197,972A
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CA197972S (en
Inventor
Roy E. Love
Frank L. Thiel
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Corning Glass Works
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Corning Glass Works
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Priority claimed from US376575A external-priority patent/US3883217A/en
Priority claimed from US376581A external-priority patent/US3874781A/en
Application filed by Corning Glass Works filed Critical Corning Glass Works
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04B—TRANSMISSION
    • H04B10/00—Transmission systems employing electromagnetic waves other than radio-waves, e.g. infrared, visible or ultraviolet light, or employing corpuscular radiation, e.g. quantum communication
    • H04B10/27—Arrangements for networking
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
    • G02B6/26—Optical coupling means
    • G02B6/28—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals
    • G02B6/2804—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals forming multipart couplers without wavelength selective elements, e.g. "T" couplers, star couplers
    • G02B6/2808—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals forming multipart couplers without wavelength selective elements, e.g. "T" couplers, star couplers using a mixing element which evenly distributes an input signal over a number of outputs

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Computing Systems (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • Computer Networks & Wireless Communication (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Optical Communication System (AREA)
CA197,972A 1973-07-05 1974-04-23 Optical communication system Expired CA997181A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US376575A US3883217A (en) 1973-07-05 1973-07-05 Optical communication system
US376581A US3874781A (en) 1973-07-05 1973-07-05 Coupler for optical communication system

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CA997181A true CA997181A (en) 1976-09-21

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JP (1) JPS5816374B2 (en)
CA (1) CA997181A (en)
DE (1) DE2428570A1 (en)
FR (1) FR2236319B1 (en)
GB (1) GB1479298A (en)
IT (1) IT1015697B (en)
NL (1) NL183693C (en)

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JPS5528090B2 (en) * 1974-06-06 1980-07-25
FR2298237A1 (en) * 1975-01-14 1976-08-13 Thomson Csf Optical coupling block used with light guides - is used for transmission or reception of optical signals to or from any station and has internally reflecting walls
JPS5259502A (en) * 1975-11-11 1977-05-17 Nec Corp Data transmission system using light fiber cable data highway
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JPS5938777B2 (en) * 1979-04-27 1984-09-19 日本電信電話株式会社 Communication network using optical wavelength division multiplexing transmission
DE3123445A1 (en) * 1981-06-12 1982-12-30 Siemens AG, 1000 Berlin und 8000 München NETWORK WITH A VARIETY OF OPTICAL SIGNAL TRANSMISSION LINES CONNECTABLE TO OTHER OPTICAL MIXERS
DE3123446A1 (en) * 1981-06-12 1983-01-05 Siemens AG, 1000 Berlin und 8000 München Arrangement for controlling the bus access of a multiplicity of devices using a bus in a network designed with at least two optical mixers as a passive bus system, in particular for multicomputer systems
US4511208A (en) * 1981-11-26 1985-04-16 Tokyo Shibaura Denki Kabushiki Kaisha Optical communication system
US4810052A (en) * 1986-01-07 1989-03-07 Litton Systems, Inc Fiber optic bidirectional data bus tap
JPS6427330A (en) * 1987-07-23 1989-01-30 Kokusai Denshin Denwa Co Ltd Optical fiber branching system
JPH0777367B2 (en) * 1987-08-14 1995-08-16 富士通株式会社 Two-way optical communication network
JP2685894B2 (en) * 1989-05-09 1997-12-03 古河電気工業株式会社 Optical wiring method
JP2697208B2 (en) * 1989-12-08 1998-01-14 日立電線株式会社 Two-way transmission between multiple points
JP2653410B2 (en) * 1990-12-28 1997-09-17 富士ゼロックス株式会社 Star coupler and optical communication network
JP2658667B2 (en) * 1991-08-31 1997-09-30 日本電気株式会社 Branch switching device for optical fiber cable
US10921182B2 (en) 2018-10-31 2021-02-16 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited Polarization independent optoelectronic device and method

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US3455667A (en) * 1966-05-06 1969-07-15 American Optical Corp Method of making optical couplers
US3455625A (en) * 1966-06-23 1969-07-15 Bausch & Lomb Optical fiber bundle coupling system
DE1254513B (en) * 1966-12-21 1967-11-16 Telefunken Patent Multi-stage transmission system for messages represented in pulse code modulation
US3541341A (en) * 1968-02-21 1970-11-17 Gen Electric Redundant fiber-optic light guide construction
DE1927006B2 (en) * 1968-07-06 1971-05-27 OPTICAL MULTIPLEX TRANSMISSION SYSTEM
DE1801999B2 (en) * 1968-10-09 1973-11-08 Telefunken Patentverwertungsgesellschaft Mbh, 7900 Ulm Broadband transmission channels showing a message transmission system with a large number of participants
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FR2236319B1 (en) 1979-05-25
NL7409066A (en) 1975-01-07
JPS5816374B2 (en) 1983-03-31
DE2428570A1 (en) 1975-01-23
NL183693B (en) 1988-07-18
JPS5039403A (en) 1975-04-11
NL183693C (en) 1988-12-16
GB1479298A (en) 1977-07-13
FR2236319A1 (en) 1975-01-31
IT1015697B (en) 1977-05-20
DE2428570C2 (en) 1987-02-26

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