Patents by Inventor Andrew Mark Saunders

Andrew Mark Saunders has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20090123147
    Abstract: The present invention relates to test equipment (e.g. TBERD 8000) with two or more Tunable Lasers (TL) for testing the complete spectrum of a DWDM system. Diagnostic software is used to stepwise tune a TL to a specific wavelength under test and simultaneously insert one or more distortion wavelengths while executing bit error and impairment tests on the wavelength under test. Information from these tests is correlated to create a combined DWDM network test report.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2008
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Applicant: ACTERNA LLC
    Inventors: Hans-Joerg Wolf, Andrew Mark Saunders
  • Publication number: 20070160331
    Abstract: A pluggable electro-optical module is mounted completely within the housing of a host device, e.g. testing equipment, to protect the module from external forces, such as ESD, dust and impacts. Furthermore, an equipment manufacturer can use any form of electro-optical module with any type of optical connector receptor, and adapt the electro-optic module into their optical equipment by using an adaptor cable and an optical connector adaptor, which optically couples the module to their end customer's network regardless of the optical connector on the module or the network cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2006
    Publication date: July 12, 2007
    Applicant: ACTERNA LLC
    Inventors: Mikhail CHARNY, Andrew Mark Saunders
  • Patent number: 7234880
    Abstract: A pluggable electro-optical module is mounted completely within the housing of a host device, e.g. testing equipment, to protect the module from external forces, such as ESD, dust and impacts. Furthermore, an equipment manufacturer can use any form of electro-optical module with any type of optical connector receptor, and adapt the electro-optic module into their optical equipment by using an adaptor cable and an optical connector adaptor, which optically couples the module to their end customer's network regardless of the optical connector on the module or the network cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: Acterna L.L.C.
    Inventors: Mikhail Charny, Andrew Mark Saunders