Ring type fiber optic protection
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1. A redundant fiber optic system comprising:
- a clock recovery circuit for generating clock signals from redundant data received by at least first and second optical channels; and
an analyzing circuit for analyzing said redundant data and for providing an output signal derived from at least one of the redundant data based on the result of said analysis, wherein said analyzing circuit is a comparator which compares said redundant data and said output signal is selected as one of the compared redundant data which has a better predetermined signal characteristic, wherein said redundant data is synchronized redundant data;
a photo detector;
a first amplifier having an input coupled to an output of said photo detector;
a low pass filter having an input coupled to an output of said first amplifier;
a second amplifier having an input coupled to an output of said low pass filter; and
an analog-to-digital converter having an input coupled to an output of said second amplifier.
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Abstract
An optical receiver is provided with inputs for receiving two fiber optic lines. The two fiber optic lines carry redundant data. An optical interface passes the respective signals therein to a comparison unit. The comparison unit compares the signals and determines which has the better quality and passes the better quality signal on to a processing interface. Clock data for operating the comparison unit is extracted from the optical signals.
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1. A redundant fiber optic system comprising:
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a clock recovery circuit for generating clock signals from redundant data received by at least first and second optical channels; and an analyzing circuit for analyzing said redundant data and for providing an output signal derived from at least one of the redundant data based on the result of said analysis, wherein said analyzing circuit is a comparator which compares said redundant data and said output signal is selected as one of the compared redundant data which has a better predetermined signal characteristic, wherein said redundant data is synchronized redundant data; a photo detector; a first amplifier having an input coupled to an output of said photo detector; a low pass filter having an input coupled to an output of said first amplifier; a second amplifier having an input coupled to an output of said low pass filter; and an analog-to-digital converter having an input coupled to an output of said second amplifier. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A redundant fiber optic system comprising:
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a clock recovery circuit for generating clock signals from redundant data received by at least first and second optical channels; and an analyzing circuit for analyzing said redundant data and for providing an output signal derived from at least one of the redundant data based on the result of said analysis, wherein said analyzing circuit is a comparator which compares said redundant data and said output signal is selected as one of the compared redundant data which has a better predetermined signal characteristic, wherein said redundant data is synchronized redundant data, wherein said comparator comprises; a first integrate and dump circuit having a first input coupled to an output of a first fiber optic receiver and a second input coupled to an output of said clock recovery circuit; a second integrate and dump circuit having a first input coupled to an output of a second fiber optic receiver and a second input coupled to an output of said clock recovery circuit; and a compare/latch enable circuit having an input coupled to respective outputs of said first and second integrate and dump circuits, for comparing redundant data received by said first and second fiber optic receivers and providing a latch enable control signal in accordance with the result of said comparison. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6)
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