Patents by Inventor Frédéric Neddam

Frédéric Neddam 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: 20050175348
    Abstract: The invention is related to a synchronizer for more than one optical RZ signal in a wavelength multiplex transmission system comprising at least one variable delay line (1) with an input receiving RZ-WDM optical channels (2), at least one delay controller (3) receiving the RZ-WDM output optical channels (10), the delay controller generating a control signal depending on the power of the RZ-WDM output optical channels (10) and a control circuit (9) to control the at least one delay line (1) in such a way that the optical WDM channels are synchronized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2001
    Publication date: August 11, 2005
    Inventors: Frederic Neddam, Patrice Le Lourec, Patrick Brindel
  • Patent number: 6408114
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of stabilizing managed optical solitons propagating in a dispersion-managed optical fiber transmission line, said method being characterized in that the following are performed periodically along the transmission line for each managed optical soliton: a first step consisting in establishing coupling that is substantially linear between the energy and the spectrum width of the optical soliton; and a second step consisting in setting the spectrum width by filtering, and, by means of the substantially linear coupling, in setting the energy of the soliton resulting from the first step, the center frequency of the filtering being substantially equal to the center frequency of the optical soliton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2002
    Assignee: Alcatel
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Hamaide, Frédéric Neddam