Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Anti clipping circuit for laser transmitters
- Patent Title (中): 激光发射机防夹电路
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Application No.: US11752781Application Date: 2007-05-23
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Publication No.: US07873285B2Publication Date: 2011-01-18
- Inventor: Shutong Zhou , Richard A. Meier
- Applicant: Shutong Zhou , Richard A. Meier
- Applicant Address: US PA Horsham
- Assignee: General Instrument Corporation
- Current Assignee: General Instrument Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US PA Horsham
- Agent Larry T. Cullen
- Main IPC: H04B10/04
- IPC: H04B10/04

Abstract:
This anti clipping circuit is for a laser transmitter used to transmit sub-carrier multiplexed signals for CATV applications. The circuit design is based on actual clipping measurements showing the specific time and duration of the clipping events is random. The individual clipping pulses interval is fixed, every 4 us. A PHEMT peak detection circuit is used in conjunction with a missing pulse detector/timer to catch all the clipping events. Thus the laser bias current is adjusted automatically at the specific time of the clipping event and for the duration of all the clipping pulses in the event. The controlled increase and decrease of the lasers bias current is DC coupled back into the normal DC bias path via a diode. This gives the anti clipping circuit noise isolation when there are no clipping events and avoids laser clipping during the laser current recovery time as when using an AC coupling scheme.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080292315A1 Anti Clipping Circuit For Laser Transmitters Public/Granted day:2008-11-27
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