Patents by Inventor Bernd-Harald Horst Jurgen Rohde
Bernd-Harald Horst Jurgen Rohde 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).
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Patent number: 11086187Abstract: An optical waveguide modulator with automatic bias control is disclosed. A dither signal is applied to the modulator bias and its signature detected in light tapped from an output of the modulator using a phase sensitive dither detector such as a lock-in amplifier. The detected signal is processed using pre-recorded information defining the direction of the detected signal change relative to a change in the modulator bias, and the bias is adjusted in the direction determined using the information. An IQ bias of a quadrature modulator is controlled by dithering bias settings of two inner modulators at different dither frequencies, and detecting an oscillation at a sum frequency.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2019Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: Nokia Solutions & Networks OyInventors: Kishore Padmaraju, Thomas Wetteland Baehr-Jones, Bernd-Harald Horst Jurgen Rohde, Robert Palmer, Matthew Akio Streshinsky, Marc Bohn, Torsten Wuth
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Patent number: 11002992Abstract: An optical IQ modulator with automatic bias control is disclosed. A dither signal is applied to the modulator bias and its signature detected in light tapped from an output of the modulator using a phase sensitive dither detector such as a lock-in amplifier. The detected signal is processed using pre-recorded information defining the direction of the detected signal change relative to a change in the modulator bias, and the bias is adjusted in the direction determined using the information. The IQ phase bias is controlled by dithering I and Q optical signals in quadrature to produce opposite-sign single subband modulation of output light at two different dither frequencies, and detecting an oscillation at a difference frequency using a lock-in detector.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2019Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: Nokia Solutions & Networks OyInventor: Bernd-Harald Horst Jurgen Rohde
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Publication number: 20200235821Abstract: An heterodyne apparatus and method for measuring performance parameters of a coherent optical receiver at RF frequencies is disclosed. Two coherent lights are launched into signal and LO ports of the receiver with an optical frequency offset f. One of the lights is modulated in amplitude at a test modulation frequency F. COR performance parameters are determined by comparing two frequency components of the COR output. CMRR is determined based on a strength of a direct detection spectral line at the modulation frequency relative to that of spectrally-shifted lines at (F±f). GDV information is obtained by modulating one of the lights at two phase-locked frequencies, such as F and 2F, and comparing phases of two time-domain traces corresponding to frequency components of the COR output signal at the two frequencies.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2020Publication date: July 23, 2020Inventors: Bernd-Harald Horst Jurgen Rohde, Erich Gottwald
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Patent number: 10644806Abstract: An heterodyne apparatus and method for measuring performance parameters of a coherent optical receiver at RF frequencies is disclosed. Two coherent lights are launched into signal and LO ports of the receiver with an optical frequency offset f. One of the lights is modulated in amplitude at a test modulation frequency F. COR performance parameters are determined by comparing two frequency components of the COR output. CMRR is determined based on a strength of a direct detection spectral line at the modulation frequency relative to that of spectrally-shifted lines at (F±f). GDV information is obtained by modulating one of the lights at two phase-locked frequencies, such as F and 2F, and comparing phases of two time-domain traces corresponding to frequency components of the COR output signal at the two frequencies.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2019Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: Elenion Technologies, LLCInventors: Bernd-Harald Horst Jurgen Rohde, Erich Gottwald
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Publication number: 20200119815Abstract: An electrical circuit and method for de-modulation and carrier recovery of PSK modulated carrier signals in analog domain are described. A portion of the received PSK-modulated carrier signal is passed through a signal multiplication circuit to obtain a frequency-multiplied carrier that is absent of the PSK modulation, which is then passed through a frequency dividing circuit to obtain a reference carrier at the received carrier frequency. The reference signal is then mixed with the received PSK-modulated carrier signal to obtain a de-modulated baseband signal. The method may be used in heterodyne receivers of optical BPSK and QPSK signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2019Publication date: April 16, 2020Inventors: Bernd-Harald Horst Jurgen Rohde, Richard C. Younce
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Publication number: 20200081313Abstract: An optical waveguide modulator with automatic bias control is disclosed. A dither signal is applied to the modulator bias and its signature detected in light tapped from an output of the modulator using a phase sensitive dither detector such as a lock-in amplifier. The detected signal is processed using pre-recorded information defining the direction of the detected signal change relative to a change in the modulator bias, and the bias is adjusted in the direction determined using the information. An IQ bias of a quadrature modulator is controlled by dithering bias settings of two inner modulators at different dither frequencies, and detecting an oscillation at a sum frequency.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2019Publication date: March 12, 2020Inventors: Kishore Padmaraju, Thomas Wetteland Baehr-Jones, Bernd-Harald Horst Jurgen Rohde, Robert Palmer, Matthew Akio Streshinsky, Marc Bohn, Torsten Wuth
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Publication number: 20200081277Abstract: An optical IQ modulator with automatic bias control is disclosed. A dither signal is applied to the modulator bias and its signature detected in light tapped from an output of the modulator using a phase sensitive dither detector such as a lock-in amplifier. The detected signal is processed using pre-recorded information defining the direction of the detected signal change relative to a change in the modulator bias, and the bias is adjusted in the direction determined using the information. The IQ phase bias is controlled by dithering I and Q optical signals in quadrature to produce opposite-sign single subband modulation of output light at two different dither frequencies, and detecting an oscillation at a difference frequency using a lock-in detector.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2019Publication date: March 12, 2020Inventor: Bernd-Harald Horst Jurgen Rohde
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Patent number: 10536222Abstract: An electrical circuit and method for de-modulation and carrier recovery of PSK modulated carrier signals in analog domain are described. A portion of the received PSK-modulated carrier signal is passed through a signal multiplication circuit to obtain a frequency-multiplied carrier that is absent of the PSK modulation, which is then passed through a frequency dividing circuit to obtain a reference carrier at the received carrier frequency. The reference signal is then mixed with the received PSK-modulated carrier signal to obtain a de-modulated baseband signal. The method may be used in heterodyne receivers of optical BPSK and QPSK signals.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2018Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: Elenion Technologies, LLCInventors: Bernd-Harald Horst Jurgen Rohde, Richard C. Younce
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Patent number: 10509295Abstract: An optical waveguide modulator with automatic bias control is disclosed. A dither signal is applied to the modulator bias and its signature detected in light tapped from an output of the modulator using a phase sensitive dither detector such as a lock-in amplifier. The detected signal is processed using pre-recorded information defining the direction of the detected signal change relative to a change in the modulator bias, and the bias is adjusted in the direction determined using the information. An IQ bias of a quadrature modulator is controlled by dithering bias settings of two inner modulators at different dither frequencies, and detecting an oscillation at a sum frequency.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2017Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: Elenion Technologies, LLCInventors: Kishore Padmaraju, Thomas Wetteland Baehr-Jones, Bernd-Harald Horst Jurgen Rohde, Robert Palmer, Matthew Akio Streshinsky, Marc Bohn, Torsten Wuth
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Patent number: 10509243Abstract: An optical IQ modulator with automatic bias control is disclosed. A dither signal is applied to the modulator bias and its signature detected in light tapped from an output of the modulator using a phase sensitive dither detector such as a lock-in amplifier. The detected signal is processed using pre-recorded information defining the direction of the detected signal change relative to a change in the modulator bias, and the bias is adjusted in the direction determined using the information. The IQ phase bias is controlled by dithering I and Q optical signals in quadrature to produce opposite-sign single subband modulation of output light at two different dither frequencies, and detecting an oscillation at a difference frequency using a lock-in detector.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2017Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: Elenion Technologies, LLCInventor: Bernd-Harald Horst Jurgen Rohde
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Publication number: 20190334628Abstract: An heterodyne apparatus and method for measuring performance parameters of a coherent optical receiver at RF frequencies is disclosed. Two coherent lights are launched into signal and LO ports of the receiver with an optical frequency offset f. One of the lights is modulated in amplitude at two phase-locked modulation frequencies F1 and F2. COR performance parameters are determined by comparing two frequency components of the COR output. The group delay variation (GDV) information is obtained by comparing phases of two time-domain traces corresponding to frequency components of the COR output signal at the two modulation frequencies shifted by the optical frequency offset f.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2019Publication date: October 31, 2019Inventors: Bernd-Harald Horst Jurgen Rohde, Erich Gottwald
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Patent number: 10389451Abstract: An heterodyne apparatus and method for measuring performance parameters of a coherent optical receiver at RF frequencies is disclosed. Two coherent lights are launched into signal and LO ports of the receiver with an optical frequency offset f. One of the lights is modulated in amplitude at two phase-locked modulation frequencies F1 and F2. COR performance parameters are determined by comparing two frequency components of the COR output. The group delay variation (GDV) information is obtained by comparing phases of two time-domain traces corresponding to frequency components of the COR output signal at the two modulation frequencies shifted by the optical frequency offset f.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2018Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: Elenion Technologies, LLCInventors: Bernd-Harald Horst Jurgen Rohde, Erich Gottwald
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Publication number: 20190190616Abstract: An heterodyne apparatus and method for measuring performance parameters of a coherent optical receiver at RF frequencies is disclosed. Two coherent lights are launched into signal and LO ports of the receiver with an optical frequency offset f. One of the lights is modulated in amplitude at a test modulation frequency F. COR performance parameters are determined by comparing two frequency components of the COR output. CMRR is determined based on a strength of a direct detection spectral line at the modulation frequency relative to that of spectrally-shifted lines at (F±f). GDV information is obtained by modulating one of the lights at two phase-locked frequencies, such as F and 2F, and comparing phases of two time-domain traces corresponding to frequency components of the COR output signal at the two frequencies.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2019Publication date: June 20, 2019Inventors: Bernd-Harald Horst Jurgen Rohde, Erich Gottwald
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Publication number: 20190165869Abstract: An electrical circuit and method for de-modulation and carrier recovery of PSK modulated carrier signals in analog domain are described. A portion of the received PSK-modulated carrier signal is passed through a signal multiplication circuit to obtain a frequency-multiplied carrier that is absent of the PSK modulation, which is then passed through a frequency dividing circuit to obtain a reference carrier at the received carrier frequency. The reference signal is then mixed with the received PSK-modulated carrier signal to obtain a de-modulated baseband signal. The method may be used in heterodyne receivers of optical BPSK and QPSK signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2018Publication date: May 30, 2019Inventors: Bernd-Harald Horst Jurgen Rohde, Richard C. Younce
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Patent number: 10218437Abstract: An heterodyne apparatus and method for measuring performance parameters of a coherent optical receiver at RF frequencies is disclosed. Two coherent lights are launched into signal and LO ports of the receiver with an optical frequency offset f. One of the lights is modulated in amplitude at a test modulation frequency F. COR performance parameters are determined by comparing two frequency components of the COR output. CMRR is determined based on a strength of a direct detection spectral line at the modulation frequency relative to that of spectrally-shifted lines at (F±f). GDV information is obtained by modulating one of the lights at two phase-locked frequencies, such as F and 2F, and comparing phases of two time-domain traces corresponding to frequency components of the COR output signal at the two frequencies.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2017Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: Elenion Technologies, LLCInventors: Bernd-Harald Horst Jurgen Rohde, Erich Gottwald
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Patent number: 10171176Abstract: An electrical circuit and method for de-modulation and carrier recovery of PSK modulated carrier signals in analog domain are described. A portion of the received PSK-modulated carrier signal is passed through a signal multiplication circuit to obtain a frequency-multiplied carrier that is absent of the PSK modulation, which is then passed through a frequency dividing circuit to obtain a reference carrier at the received carrier frequency. The reference signal is then mixed with the received PSK-modulated carrier signal to obtain a de-modulated baseband signal. The method may be used in heterodyne receivers of optical BPSK and QPSK signals.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2016Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: Elenion Technologies, LLCInventors: Bernd-Harald Horst Jurgen Rohde, Richard C. Younce
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Publication number: 20180375588Abstract: An heterodyne apparatus and method for measuring performance parameters of a coherent optical receiver at RF frequencies is disclosed. Two coherent lights are launched into signal and LO ports of the receiver with an optical frequency offset f. One of the lights is modulated in amplitude at two phase-locked modulation frequencies F1 and F2. COR performance parameters are determined by comparing two frequency components of the COR output. The group delay variation (GDV) information is obtained by comparing phases of two time-domain traces corresponding to frequency components of the COR output signal at the two modulation frequencies shifted by the optical frequency offset f.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2018Publication date: December 27, 2018Inventors: Bernd-Harald Horst Jurgen Rohde, Erich Gottwald
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Patent number: 10097279Abstract: An heterodyne apparatus and method for measuring performance parameters of a coherent optical receiver at RF frequencies is disclosed. Two coherent lights are launched into signal and LO ports of the receiver with an optical frequency offset f. One of the lights is modulated in amplitude at two phase-locked modulation frequencies F1 and F2. COR performance parameters are determined by comparing two frequency components of the COR output. The group delay variation (GDV) information is obtained by comparing phases of two time-domain traces corresponding to frequency components of the COR output signal at the two modulation frequencies shifted by the optical frequency offset f.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2017Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: Elenion Technologies, LLCInventors: Bernd-Harald Horst Jurgen Rohde, Erich Gottwald
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Publication number: 20180267384Abstract: An optical waveguide modulator with automatic bias control is disclosed. A dither signal is applied to the modulator bias and its signature detected in light tapped from an output of the modulator using a phase sensitive dither detector such as a lock-in amplifier. The detected signal is processed using pre-recorded information defining the direction of the detected signal change relative to a change in the modulator bias, and the bias is adjusted in the direction determined using the information. An IQ bias of a quadrature modulator is controlled by dithering bias settings of two inner modulators at different dither frequencies, and detecting an oscillation at a sum frequency.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2017Publication date: September 20, 2018Inventors: Kishore Padmaraju, Thomas Wetteland Baehr-Jones, Bernd-Harald Horst Jurgen Rohde, Robert Palmer, Matthew Akio Streshinsky, Marc Bohn, Torsten Wuth
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Publication number: 20180267340Abstract: An optical IQ modulator with automatic bias control is disclosed. A dither signal is applied to the modulator bias and its signature detected in light tapped from an output of the modulator using a phase sensitive dither detector such as a lock-in amplifier. The detected signal is processed using pre-recorded information defining the direction of the detected signal change relative to a change in the modulator bias, and the bias is adjusted in the direction determined using the information. The IQ phase bias is controlled by dithering I and Q optical signals in quadrature to produce opposite-sign single subband modulation of output light at two different dither frequencies, and detecting an oscillation at a difference frequency using a lock-in detector.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2017Publication date: September 20, 2018Inventor: Bernd-Harald Horst Jurgen Rohde