Patents by Inventor Ben Puttnam

Ben Puttnam 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).

  • Patent number: 11088777
    Abstract: It is therefore an object of the disclosure of this document to attain a data transmission system with a simple transmitter implementing polarization multiplexing using either DML or EAM and a receiver with only one PD. A data transmission system 1 which comprises a transmitter 3 and a receiver 5, wherein the transmitter 3 comprises a first signal processor 11 and an optical signal generator 13, the optical signal generator 13 outputs an optical signal which comprises X and Y polarization components, ex(t) and ey(t), and wherein the first signal processor 11 receives a first data stream, Sx, and a second data stream, Sy, and controls the X and Y polarization components to reflect the first and the second data streams, respectively, wherein the receiver 5 comprises only one photodetector 21 and a second signal processor 23.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
    Inventors: Ruben Soares Luis, Georg Friedrich Rademacher, Ben Puttnam, Satoshi Shinada, Naoya Wada
  • Publication number: 20210036798
    Abstract: It is therefore an object of the disclosure of this document to attain a data transmission system with a simple transmitter implementing polarization multiplexing using either DML or EAM and a receiver with only one PD. A data transmission system 1 which comprises a transmitter 3 and a receiver 5, wherein the transmitter 3 comprises a first signal processor 11 and an optical signal generator 13, the optical signal generator 13 outputs an optical signal which comprises X and Y polarization components, ex(t) and ey(t), and wherein the first signal processor 11 receives a first data stream, Sx, and a second data stream, Sy, and controls the X and Y polarization components to reflect the first and the second data streams, respectively, wherein the receiver 5 comprises only one photodetector 21 and a second signal processor 23.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Ruben SOARES LUIS, Georg Friedrich RADEMACHER, Ben PUTTNAM, Satoshi SHINADA, Naoya WADA
  • Patent number: 10284304
    Abstract: A SDH receiver which comprises a first polarization beam splitter 11, a second polarization beam splitter 13, a first separator 15, a second separator 17, a third separator 19, a fourth separator 21, a first 90-degree polarization rotor 23, a second 90-degree polarization rotor 25, a first hybrid detector 31, a second hybrid detector 33, a third hybrid detector 35, a fourth hybrid detector 37, and a signal processor 39.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Luis Ruben Soares, Ben Puttnam, Mendinueta Jose Manuel Delgado, Yoshinari Awaji, Naoya Wada
  • Patent number: 10090933
    Abstract: The receiver 11 for self-homodyne detection comprises a coherent detection system and a direct detection system. The receiver comprises a polarization splitter 13, a first splitter 15, a 90 degree polarization rotor 17, a hybrid detector 19, a first balanced detector 21, and a processor 23.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Luis Ruben Soares, Ben Puttnam, Mendinueta Jose Manuel Delgado, Yoshinari Awaji, Naoya Wada
  • Publication number: 20180131447
    Abstract: A SDH receiver which comprises a first polarization beam splitter 11, a second polarization beam splitter 13, a first separator 15, a second separator 17, a third separator 19, a fourth separator 21, a first 90-degree polarization rotor 23, a second 90-degree polarization rotor 25, a first hybrid detector 31, a second hybrid detector 33, a third hybrid detector 35, a fourth hybrid detector 37, and a signal processor 39.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Luis Ruben SOARES, Ben PUTTNAM, Mendinueta Jose Manuel DELGADO, Yoshinari AWAJI, Naoya WADA
  • Publication number: 20180123702
    Abstract: The receiver 11 for self-homodyne detection comprises a coherent detection system and a direct detection system. The receiver comprises a polarization splitter 13, a first splitter 15, a 90 degree polarization rotor 17, a hybrid detector 19, a first balanced detector 21, and a processor 23.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Luis Ruben SOARES, Ben PUTTNAM, Mendinueta Jose Manuel DELGADO, Yoshinari AWAJI, Naoya WADA
  • Patent number: 9503186
    Abstract: To provide a self-homodyne detection communication system capable of using a space-division multiplexing signal as a signal for communication. The present invention relates to a space-division multiplexing apparatus 12 including a multi-core fiber 11 having multiple cores. The space-division multiplexing apparatus 12 uses cores other than a core 13 for self-homodyne detection among the multiple cores included in the multi-core fiber 11 as cores 16 for communication. The space-division multiplexing apparatus is configured to include a pilot-tone guiding unit 14 and a self-homodyne detection unit 15.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
    Inventors: Tetsuya Kawanishi, Yoshinari Awaji, Ben Puttnam, Atsushi Kanno
  • Publication number: 20150222356
    Abstract: To provide a self-homodyne detection communication system capable of using a space-division multiplexing signal as a signal for communication. The present invention relates to a space-division multiplexing apparatus 12 including a multi-core fiber 11 having multiple cores. The space-division multiplexing apparatus 12 uses cores other than a core 13 for self-homodyne detection among the multiple cores included in the multi-core fiber 11 as cores 16 for communication. The space-division multiplexing apparatus is configured to include a pilot-tone guiding unit 14 and a self-homodyne detection unit 15.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Tetsuya Kawanishi, Yoshinari Awaji, Ben Puttnam, Atsushi Kanno