Patents by Inventor Gregory Valvo

Gregory Valvo 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).

  • Method and Apparatus for Decision Threshold Control In An Optical Signal Receiver
    Publication number: 20080310860
    Abstract: A method of adjusting a decision threshold in an optical signal receiver. A forward error correction (FEC) decoder provides a feedback signal representative of corrected errors. The decision threshold is adjusted in response to a polarity of the received signal and to balance a number of corrected ones and zeros.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2008
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: Tyco Telecommunications (US) Inc.
    Inventors: Jerzy Domagala, Yi Cai, Franklin Webb Kerfoot, III, Gregory Valvo
  • Method and apparatus for decision threshold control in an optical signal receiver
    Publication number: 20060136798
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for decision threshold control in an optical signal receiver. A forward error correction (FEC) decoder provides a feedback signal representative of corrected errors. The decision threshold is adjusted to balance a number of corrected ones and zeros.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2004
    Publication date: June 22, 2006
    Inventors: Jerzy Domagala, Yi Cai, Franklin Kerfoot, Gregory Valvo