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Optical signal modulation

  • US 10,615,878 B2
  • Filed: 01/15/2016
  • Issued: 04/07/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/15/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A device, comprising:

  • an optical modulator, the modulator comprising;

    a data bus for receiving at least one data signal;

    a plurality of multiplexers, each multiplexer coupled to the data bus to receive the at least one data signal and to output a multiplexed signal; and

    a plurality of modulating segments, each modulating segment to receive the multiplexed signal from one of the plurality of multiplexers and modulate the multiplexed signal using an optical input, wherein each modulating segment is associated with one of the plurality of multiplexers; and

    a multiplexing controller in communication with the plurality of multiplexers, the multiplexing controller to configure each of the plurality of multiplexers in accordance with a selected modulation type, wherein the multiplexing controller configures each multiplexer to select at least one data signal from the data bus and to direct the selected signal to the associated modulating segment based on the selected modulation type.

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