Bandwidth adjustable optical module and system

• US 10,128,970 B2
• Filed: 06/20/2016
• Issued: 11/13/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2013
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Wen, Yue, Xu, Zhiguang, Lin, Huafeng, Zhou, Xiaoping, Hu, Jing
• Primary Examiner(s): Kianni, Kaveh C
• Application Number:
  US15/187,437
• Publication Number:
  US 20160301494A1
• Time in Patent Office: 876 Days
• Field of Search: 385 14
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/29338 Loop resonators
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/29361 Interference filters, e.g. multilayer coatings, thin film filters, dichroic splitters or mirrors based on multilayers, WDM filters
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/2938 for multiplexing or demultiplexing, i.e. combining or separating wavelengths, e.g. 1xN, NxM
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/30 for use between fibre and thin-film device
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/4206 Optical features G02B6/4207, G02B6/421 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/4215 the intermediate optical elements being wavelength selective optical elements, e.g. variable wavelength optical modules or wavelength lockers G02B6/4246 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/4246 Bidirectionally operating package structures
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/4263 of the transisitor outline [TO] can type
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/4278 related to pluggable or demountable opto-electronic or electronic elements
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/428 containing printed circuit boards [PCB]
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/4284 of optical modules with disconnectable electrical connectors latching arms for electrical connectors H01R13/627
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/4292 the light guide being disconnectable from the opto-electronic element, e.g. mutually self aligning arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/4295 coupling with semiconductor devices activated by light through the light guide, e.g. thyristors, phototransistors
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/27 Arrangements for networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/40 Transceivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/503 Laser transmitters
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 14/02 Wavelength-division multiplex systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 14/0236 using multiple wavelengths
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 14/0245 for downstream transmission, e.g. optical line terminal [OLT] to ONU
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 14/0249 for upstream transmission, e.g. ONU-to-OLT or ONU-to-ONU
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 14/0282 : WDM tree architectures
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 14/0305 : in end terminals

Abstract

A circuit board of the optical module comprises: a first electrical interface is configured to connect an electrical interface of a board or a second electrical interface of another optical module, and a second electrical interface is configured to connect a first electrical interface of another optical module; a first optical port is configured to connect an optical transmission device or a second optical port of another optical module, and a second optical port is configured to connect an optical receiving device or a first optical port of another optical module; and a optical transceiver assembly multiplexes downstream light and demultiplexes upstream light. The optical module provided in solutions of the present invention can be flexibly combined with another optical module, enabling flexible and gradual upgrade of an optical module bandwidth according to a user requirement by using various combination manners.

Claims

1. An optical module for facilitating communication in a passive optical network, wherein the optical module comprises:

a first electrical interface and a second electrical interface;

a first optical port and a second optical port; and

an optical transceiver assembly;

wherein the first electrical interface is configured to be connected to an electrical interface of a first board or an electrical interface of another optical module, and the second electrical interface is configured to be connected to an electrical interface of a second board or an electrical interface of another optical module;

wherein the first optical port is configured to be connected to an optical transmission device or an optical port of another optical module, and the second optical port is configured to be connected to an optical receiving device or an optical port of another optical module;

wherein the optical module is connected, via the first electrical interface and the first optical port and/or via the second electrical interface and the second optical port to at least one other optical module, so as to form an arrangement of multiple cascaded optical modules;

wherein the optical transceiver assembly is configured to generate light and to multiplex the generated light with light input via the first optical port;

wherein the second optical port is configured to output the multiplexed light;

wherein the optical transceiver assembly is configured to filter light corresponding to a wavelength of the optical module out from light input through the second optical port;

wherein the first optical port is configured to output the filtered light;

wherein the first optical port comprises a first upstream optical port and a first downstream optical port, and the second optical port comprises a second upstream optical port and a second downstream optical port;

wherein the second downstream optical port of the second optical interface is configured to output the multiplexed light; and

wherein the first upstream optical port of the second optical interface is configured to output the filtered light.

2. The optical module according to claim 1, wherein the transceiver optical assembly comprises a receiver optical subassembly and a transmitter optical subassembly, wherein the transmitter optical subassembly comprises a semiconductor laser diode (LD), a collimation lens, a thin film filter (TFF), a Grin lens, an optical fiber tube, and two optical fibers that are provided in the optical fiber tube, wherein the two optical fibers are connected to the first downstream optical port and the second downstream optical port respectively;

wherein the optical module is configured such that after being led to the Grin lens through a first optical fiber in the optical fiber tube, downstream incident light of a first wavelength enters the TFF;

wherein the LD is configured to emit light of a second wavelength, and the optical module is configured such that the light of the second wavelength enters the TFF in a collimated manner through the collimation lens; and

wherein the TFF is configured to multiplex the light of the second wavelength and the light of the first wavelength to form downstream light, and the optical module is configured such that the downstream light is output through a second optical fiber of the two optical fibers by using the Grin lens and the optical fiber tube.

3. The optical module according to claim 2, wherein the transmitter optical subassembly further comprises miniature device case, a transistor outline case, or an integral case, wherein the LD, the collimation lens, the TFF, the Grin lens, and the optical fiber tube are packaged in the miniature device case, the transistor outline case, or the integral case.

4. The optical module according to claim 1, wherein the optical module further comprises a wavelength division multiplexer (WDM) and the optical transceiver assembly comprises a semiconductor laser diode (LD), a receiver, a silicon microring resonator, and a collimation lens;

wherein the optical module is configured such that after entering a first microring through an upper semi-ring of the first microring in the silicon microring resonator, light of a second wavelength emitted by the LD is transmitted to a first straight line that is connected to a lower semi-ring of the first microring, and is multiplexed with downstream incident light of a first wavelength, and after being reflected to the second downstream optical port by using the collimation lens, light obtained by multiplexing enters the WDM and is output, wherein the downstream incident light of the first wavelength is input to the first straight line of the optical module through the first downstream optical port; and

wherein the optical module is configured such that upstream incident light is reflected by the WDM to the second upstream optical port and enters the optical module, the collimation lens in the optical module reflects the upstream incident light to a second straight line in the silicon microring resonator, and a second microring and a third microring in the silicon microring resonator that are connected to the second straight line correspondingly pass light, of a third wavelength corresponding to the wavelength of the optical module, formed by a transverse electric (TE) wave and a transverse magnetic (TM) wave, and send the light of the third wavelength to the receiver, wherein light of another wavelength except the light of the third wavelength in the upstream light is reflected by the second straight line in the microring to the first upstream optical port for output.

5. The optical module according to claim 1, wherein the optical transceiver assembly comprises a first wavelength division multiplexer (WDM 1), a second wavelength division multiplexer (WDM 2), a semiconductor laser diode (LD), a first filter (TFF 1), a second filter (TFF 2), a receiver, and a mirror;

wherein the optical module is configured such that when entering the optical module through the first optical port and being reflected by the mirror to the TFF 1, downstream incident light of a first wavelength is reflected, and is multiplexed with light of a second wavelength generated by the LD, and after entering the WDM 1, downstream light formed by multiplexing is projected to the second optical port for output; and

wherein the optical module is configured such that after upstream incident light enters the optical module through the second optical port, the upstream incident light is reflected to the TFF 2 by using the WDM 1, and the TFF 2 passes light of a third wavelength corresponding to the wavelength of the optical module and sends the light of the third wavelength to the receiver, wherein after being reflected by the TFF 2, light of another wavelength except the light of the third wavelength in the upstream incident light is reflected by the WDM 2 and the mirror to the first optical port for output.

6. A bandwidth adjustable optical module, wherein the bandwidth adjustable optical module comprises at least two optical modules, each of the at least two optical modules comprising:

a first electrical interface and a second electrical interface;

a first optical port and a second optical port; and

an optical transceiver assembly;

wherein the first electrical interface is configured to be connected to an electrical interface of a first board or an electrical interface of another optical module, and the second electrical interface is configured to be connected to an electrical interface of a second board or an electrical interface of another optical module;

wherein the first optical port is configured to be connected to an optical transmission device or an optical port of another optical module, and the second optical port is configured to be connected to an optical receiving device or an optical port of another optical module;

wherein the optical module is connected, via the first electrical interface and the first optical port and/or via the second electrical interface and the second optical port to at least one other optical module, so as to form an arrangement of multiple cascaded optical modules;

wherein the optical transceiver assembly is configured to generate light and to multiplex the generated light with light input via the first optical port;

wherein the second optical port is configured to output the multiplexed light;

wherein the optical transceiver assembly is configured to filter light corresponding to a wavelength of the optical module out from light input through the second optical port;

wherein the first optical port is configured to output the filtered light;

wherein the first optical port comprises a first upstream optical port and a first downstream optical port, and the second optical port comprises a second upstream optical port and a second downstream optical port;

wherein the second downstream optical port of the second optical interface is configured to output the multiplexed light; and

wherein the first upstream optical port of the second optical interface is configured to output the filtered light;

wherein the at least two optical modules are cascaded by using the one or more respective first electrical interfaces, one or more respective second electrical interfaces, one or more respective first optical ports, and one or more respective second optical ports and wherein an adjustable bandwidth of the bandwidth adjustable optical module formed by cascading is a sum of bandwidths of the at least two cascaded optical modules, wherein a respective first electrical interface of a first optical module of the at least two cascaded optical modules is connected to a respective second electrical interface of a second optical module of the at least two cascaded optical modules, and a respective first optical port of the first optical module is connected to a respective second optical port of the second optical module; and

wherein an optical port of the at least two cascaded optical modules that is not connected to another optical module of the at least two cascaded optical modules is connected to an optical transceiver device, and an electrical interface of the at least two cascaded optical modules that is not connected to another optical module of the at least two cascaded optical modules is connected to a board.