Telemetry system and method for acoustic arrays
First Claim
1. A telemetry system comprising:
- a plurality of acoustic sensors for receiving acoustic information and generating analog signals based on the received acoustic information;
a first plurality of subsystems coupled to at least a subset of the plurality of acoustic sensors, the first plurality of subsystems configured to receive the analog signals from the acoustic sensors and generate digital values based on the received analog signals;
a first optical splitter;
a first optical transmitter for transmitting a first set of optical pulses to the first optical splitter, the first optical splitter configured to transmit the first set of optical pulses to each subsystem in the first plurality of subsystems, each subsystem in the first plurality of subsystems configured to modulate the first set of optical pulses based on the generated digital values and thereby generate a modulated optical pulse stream;
a first optical combiner for receiving and combining the modulated optical pulse stream from each subsystem in the first plurality of subsystems, thereby generating a combined modulated optical pulse stream; and
a first optical receiver for receiving the combined modulated optical pulse stream from the first optical combiner, the first optical receiver configured to generate electrical signals based on the received combined modulated optical pulse stream.
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Abstract
A telemetry system includes a plurality of acoustic sensors for receiving acoustic information and generating analog signals based on the received acoustic information. A first plurality of subsystems is coupled to at least a subset of the plurality of acoustic sensors. The first plurality of subsystems is configured to receive the analog signals from the acoustic sensors and generate digital values based on the received analog signals. The system includes a first optical splitter. A first optical transmitter transmits a first set of optical pulses to the first optical splitter. The first optical splitter is configured to transmit the first set of optical pulses to each subsystem in the first plurality of subsystems. Each subsystem in the first plurality of subsystems is configured to modulate the first set of optical pulses based on the generated digital values and thereby generate a modulated optical pulse stream. A first optical combiner receives and combines the modulated optical pulse stream from each subsystem in the first plurality of subsystems, thereby generating a combined modulated optical pulse stream. A first optical receiver receives the combined modulated optical pulse stream from the first optical combiner. The first optical receiver is configured to generate electrical signals based on the received combined modulated optical pulse stream.
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25 Claims
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1. A telemetry system comprising:
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a plurality of acoustic sensors for receiving acoustic information and generating analog signals based on the received acoustic information; a first plurality of subsystems coupled to at least a subset of the plurality of acoustic sensors, the first plurality of subsystems configured to receive the analog signals from the acoustic sensors and generate digital values based on the received analog signals; a first optical splitter; a first optical transmitter for transmitting a first set of optical pulses to the first optical splitter, the first optical splitter configured to transmit the first set of optical pulses to each subsystem in the first plurality of subsystems, each subsystem in the first plurality of subsystems configured to modulate the first set of optical pulses based on the generated digital values and thereby generate a modulated optical pulse stream; a first optical combiner for receiving and combining the modulated optical pulse stream from each subsystem in the first plurality of subsystems, thereby generating a combined modulated optical pulse stream; and a first optical receiver for receiving the combined modulated optical pulse stream from the first optical combiner, the first optical receiver configured to generate electrical signals based on the received combined modulated optical pulse stream. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for remotely retrieving data from an array of sensors, the system comprising:
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an optical source for generating a stream of optical pulses; an optical splitter for splitting the stream of optical pulses into a plurality of streams of optical pulses; a plurality of optical modulators, each optical modulator configured to receive one of the plurality of streams of optical pulses, each optical modulator configured to receive sensor information from at least one of the sensors, each optical modulator configured to modulate the received stream of optical pulses based on the received sensor information and thereby generate a modulated stream of optical pulses; an optical combiner for receiving a modulated stream of optical pulses from each of the optical modulators and combining the modulated streams of optical pulses into a combined modulated stream of optical pulses; and an optical receiver for receiving the combined modulated stream of optical pulses. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for remotely retrieving data from an array of sensors, the method comprising:
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remotely generating a stream of optical pulses; splitting the stream of optical pulses into a plurality of streams of optical pulses receiving the plurality of streams of optical pulses with a plurality of optical modulators; modulating each of the received streams of optical pulses with the plurality of optical modulators based on sensor information generated by the array of sensors, and thereby generating a plurality of modulated streams of optical pulses; combining the plurality of modulated streams of optical pulses into a combined modulated stream of optical pulses; transmitting the combined modulated stream of optical pulses; and remotely receiving the transmitted combined modulated stream of optical pulses. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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