Sampling-based balanced detection system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9325428
APP PUB NO 20110182573A1
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13119220

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A two-gate sampling system has been designed to perform sampled balanced detection of one or more input signal pairs. The present invention performs simultaneous sampling of both signals in each signal pair followed by digitization and combination of the sample pairs using software. By first sampling the signals and then combining the sampled into the corresponding balanced detected signal it is possible to avoid the bandwidth limitations and impedance problems introduced by traditional balanced detectors and electrical oscilloscopes. In particular, for optical sampling gates very high bandwidth sampling gates can be designed without any impedance issues and hence almost perfect balanced detection reconstruction can be performed for very high speed signals. Balanced detection is becoming more and more important as the new phase modulated optical data signals are introduced to the market, such as e.g. PSK, DPSK, QPSK and DQPSK. The present invention is well suited for analysis of these new types of signals.

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  • EXFO INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Andrekson, Peter Fogelsville, US 6 26
Skold, Mats Gothenburg, SE 8 54
Sunnerud, Henrik Landvetter, SE 8 75
Westlund, Mathias Lerum, SE 15 102

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