Patents by Inventor Gerald E. Lenner

Gerald E. Lenner 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).

  • Multiple detector decision receiver
    Patent number: 7209671
    Abstract: An optical signal receiver including a plurality of threshold decision circuits configured to receive an electrical signal representative of the optical signal. Each of the threshold decision circuits is configured to sample the electrical signal and to provide an associated threshold decision circuit output in response to a comparison of the signal to an associated threshold level. The threshold decision circuit outputs are coupled to an output decision circuit, which is configured to output a signal representative of a binary state of the optical signal. An optical communication system and a method of reconstructing received data signal in an optical communication system are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: Tyco Telecommunications (US) Inc.
    Inventors: M. Imran Hayee, Bo Pedersen, Alexei N. Pilipetskii, Gerald E. Lenner