Patents by Inventor Jyung Chan Lee
Jyung Chan Lee 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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Publication number: 20120235764Abstract: Disclosed is a structure for impedance matching by applying a CPW structure to an impedance discontinuous portion on a data signal line or using a micro-strip open stub so as to be used for high-speed transmission by a flexible PCB. According to the present invention, it is possible to fabricate a flexible PCB capable of performing low-priced and high-speed transmission.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2012Publication date: September 20, 2012Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Sae Kyoung KANG, Joon Ki LEE, Joon Young HUH, Jyung Chan LEE
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Publication number: 20120207480Abstract: A control section and a signal detection section of an optical modulator are provided for controlling two interferometers (MZI1 and MZI 2) and a phase shifter (MZI 3) of an optical modulator. The signal detection section detects signals having the same frequency, and the control section of the optical modulator time-divides the detected signal so that a DC bias is optimally adjusted. In addition, a process is divided into an initial operation flow and a repeating operation flow so as to further improve the control efficiency of the optical modulator. An initial state control of the optical modulator and a state control during operations are performed through the respective flows. An optimal DC bias position used to control the optimal modulator is automatically corrected.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2012Publication date: August 16, 2012Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Jyung Chan LEE, Hwan Seok CHUNG
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Publication number: 20120020676Abstract: An apparatus for receiving optical signals in DQPSK and method of controlling a phase offset in receiving optical signals for DQPSK is provided. An original optical signal modulated in DQPSK is received. The original optical signal is delayed by one bit to make a delay optical signal such that an interference on the original optical signal and the delay optical signal is performed. A control signal is generated by use of an interference result between the original optical signal and the delay optical signal. A phase offset for the interference between the original optical signal and the delay optical signal is controlled by use of the generated control signal. In receiving optical signals, the phase offset between the delay optical signal and the original optical signal is precisely controlled, thereby optimizing the transfer characteristics of an optical delay interferometer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2010Publication date: January 26, 2012Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Hwan-Seok Chung, Sun-Hyok Chang, Jyung-Chan Lee, Kwang-Joon Kim
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Patent number: 8014680Abstract: An optical transceiver which can effectively reduce optical output jitter when an error is made during designing and manufacturing of a printed circuit board (PCB), and a method of controlling optical output jitter using the optical transceiver are provided. The optical transceiver includes a transmitter unit including an equalizing (EQ) filter which can reduce jitter of a high speed electric signal; a control circuit which controls the EQ filter; a receiver unit which receives an optical signal; and a micro-controller which controls the transmitter unit and the receiver unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2007Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Joon Ki Lee, Jyung Chan Lee, Kwangjoon Kim
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Publication number: 20110142453Abstract: An optical transceiver includes: a transmission unit configured to convert a first electrical signal into a first optical signal and transmit the converted first optical signal; a first power supply unit configured to supply power to the transmission unit; and a controller configured to control the first power supply unit, wherein the controller controls an operation of the first power supply unit according to whether or not the first electrical signal is inputted to the transmission unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2010Publication date: June 16, 2011Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Jyung Chan Lee, Joon Ki Lee, Sae-Kyoung Kang, Kwangjoon Kim
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Patent number: 7917040Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling a wavelength tuning of an optical source in an optical communication system. An operating temperature of an optical source is controlled and monitored to shorten a wavelength tuning time of the optical source generated in an optical source generator. When the current operating temperature reaches a final target temperature, an operating current is supplied to the optical source generator, and transmission of the operating current to the optical source generator is controlled and monitored. When the operating current reaches a final operating current, the wavelength tuning of the optical source is terminated. The operating temperature is adjusted by distinguishing between a smaller amount of temperature change and a larger amount of temperature change to prevent oscillation at the point of reaching the final target temperature, thereby minimizing the time taken for the output wavelength tuning.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2007Date of Patent: March 29, 2011Assignee: Electronics & Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Jyung Chan Lee, Moo Jung Chu, Kwang Joon Kim, Jun Ki Lee
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Publication number: 20110026123Abstract: A wavelength-division apparatus and a wavelength combining apparatus are provided. Each of the wavelength-division apparatus and the wavelength combining apparatus includes a transparent block having one surface which is coated with an anti-reflective coating layer and the other surface which is coated with a partial transmitting coating layer. Each of the anti-reflective coating layer and the partial transmitting coating layer is coupled to a plurality of wavelength-selective filters that separate optical signals of different wavelengths through different paths other than a transmission path or a receiving path. Thus, the optical signals of the respective wavelengths output through the different paths can be used for various purposes such as monitoring the signal intensity and/or the signal quality.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2010Publication date: February 3, 2011Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Joon-ki LEE, Sae-kyoung KANG, Jyung-chan LEE, Kwang-joon KIM
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Patent number: 7869478Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and method for maintaining an constant extinction ratio of a laser diode (LD). The apparatus includes: an automatic power control circuit maintaining the constant optical power of the LD; a correlation deriver deriving correlations between a bias current of the LD and a modulation current to maintain the constant extinction ratio of the LD; and a modulation current control circuit controlling the modulation current to maintain constant the extinction ratio of the LD based on the correlations. The apparatus and method do not use a temperature sensor but derive a relationship between variances of a bias current of the LD and a modulation current according to temperature change, control the modulation current based on the relationship, and maintain the constant extinction ratio of the LD.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2006Date of Patent: January 11, 2011Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Joon Ki Lee, Jyung Chan Lee, Kwangjoon Kim
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Publication number: 20100290739Abstract: An active alignment method for a multi-channel optical transmitter and receiver is disclosed. The active alignment method for a multi-channel optical transmitter includes actively aligning an optical signal generator with an optical multiplexer based on optical outputs of a plurality of wavelengths from the optical signal generator and an optical output of the optical multiplexer, and actively aligning the optical multiplexer with a fiber optic coupler based on an optical output of the optical multiplexer and an optical output of the fiber optic coupler.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2009Publication date: November 18, 2010Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Sae Kyoung KANG, Joon Ki Lee, Jyung Chan Lee, Kwang Joon Kim
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Publication number: 20100150575Abstract: An optical transmitter is provided which optimizes DC bias voltage input to an optical modulator employing a duo-binary modulation scheme. The optical transmitter including a signal combiner which converts an electrical signal for optical transmission into a high-speed electrical signal, and an optical modulator which receives and modulates the high-speed electrical signal from the signal combiner further includes a frequency divider to divide frequency of a sinusoidal watchdog clock signal from the signal combiner and to output the divided signal to be added to direct current (DC) bias voltage input to the optical modulator; and a bias voltage modifier to adjust the DC bias voltage by analyzing the modulated electrical signal from the optical modulator. Accordingly, it is possible to conveniently optimize the DC bias voltage with a simple design.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2009Publication date: June 17, 2010Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Jyung Chan Lee, Joon Ki Lee, Kwangjoon Kim
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Publication number: 20100150568Abstract: An optical transceiver for optimizing transfer characteristic of an optical interferometer and a method of optimizing transfer characteristic of an optical interferometer of an optical transceiver are provided. It is possible to improve the transmission performance of the optical transceiver by optimizing the transfer characteristic of the optical interferometer included in an optical receiver of the optical transceiver which transmits and receives an optical signal in a phase modulation scheme.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2009Publication date: June 17, 2010Inventors: Joon Ki Lee, Hwan Seok Chung, Sae Kyoung Kang, Jyung Chan Lee, Kwangjoon Kim
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Patent number: 7639677Abstract: Provided is an optical transponder that receives a tributary signal such as a SDH/SONET signal, a GbE (Gigibit Ethernet) signal, and a SAN (Storage Area Network) signal in a WDM (Wavelength Division Multiplexing) transmission system and a SDH (Synchronous Digital Hierarchy)/SONET (Synchronous Optical Network) system, and more particularly, to an optical transponder having a switching function. The optical transponder having a switching function includes: a switch changing a data path of an input tributary signal from a plurality of channels (ports); an STM-64/OC-192 mapper/demapper mapping the tributary signal switched to a different data path by the switch to an STM-64/OC-192 signal or demapping the STM-64/OC-192 signal to the tributary signal; and a transmission delay time compensator compensating for a differential delay caused by a transmission route difference on an optical fiber link when the STM-64/OC-192 signal is demapped to the tributary signal.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2005Date of Patent: December 29, 2009Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Joon Ki Lee, Jyung Chan Lee, Kwangjoon Kim
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Publication number: 20090016719Abstract: Provided are an optical transponder that interfaces a multiprotocol signal and a method of interfacing a multiprotocol signal. The optical transponder includes: an optical transceiver, which optical/electrical converts and multiplexes/demultiplexes an input signal; a reception clock generator, which generates a clock on a reception path; a transmission clock generator, which generates a clock on a transmission path; an optical transport hierarchy (OTH) framer, which processes an OTH signal when the input signal is the OTH signal; a synchronous digital hierarchy (SDH)/synchronous optical network (SONET) framer, which processes an SDH/SONET signal or a gigabit Ethernet (GbE) when the input signal is the SDH/SONET signal or the GbE signal; and a controller which controls the optical transceiver, the reception clock generator, the transmission clock generator, the OTH framer, and the SDH/SONET framer according to the type of the input signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2008Publication date: January 15, 2009Applicant: Electronics & Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Joon Ki Lee, Jyung Chan Lee, Kwangjoon Kim
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Patent number: 7471896Abstract: Provided are an optical transponder that processes a G.709 frame that includes an overhead for operation, administration, and maintenance of an optical channel and an overhead for forward error correction, and a method of detecting and treating errors in optical-channel sublayers of the same. The method includes detecting an error signal or a maintenance signal from a G.709 frame that includes an overhead for operation, administration, and maintenance of an optical channel and an overhead for forward error correction; treating errors in a predetermined layer of a plurality of layers that requires error treatment when the error signal or the maintenance signal is detected or canceled; and investigating a reason for the errors in the predetermined layer.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2004Date of Patent: December 30, 2008Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Yun Hee Cho, Joon Ki Lee, Seung Il Myong, Jyung Chan Lee, Kwangjoon Kim
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Patent number: 7440700Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for testing the performance of an optical transceiver by referencing various performance clocks provided by an OTU2 signal connection transceiver and an STM-64/OC-192 signal. The apparatus for testing performance of an optical transceiver includes: a transmitter/receiver reference clock selector for selecting one of various transmitter/receiver reference clocks provided by an STM-64/OC-192 connection optical transceiver or an OTN connection optical transceiver; a transmitter test reference clock selection switch for selecting a receiver data synchronous clock provided by the transceivers or the selected transmitter/receiver reference clock as a transmitter test reference clock; and a receiver test reference clock selection switch for selecting a transmitter supervisory clock provided by the transceivers or the selected transmitter/receiver reference clock as a receiver test reference clock.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2005Date of Patent: October 21, 2008Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Jyung Chan Lee, Joon Ki Lee, Hyun Jae Lee, Kwangjoon Kim
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Publication number: 20080107431Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling a wavelength tuning of an optical source in an optical communication system. An operating temperature of an optical source is controlled and monitored to shorten a wavelength tuning time of the optical source generated in an optical source generator. When the current operating temperature reaches a final target temperature, an operating current is supplied to the optical source generator, and transmission of the operating current to the optical source generator is controlled and monitored. When the operating current reaches a final operating current, the wavelength tuning of the optical source is terminated. The operating temperature is adjusted by distinguishing between a smaller amount of temperature change and a larger amount of temperature change to prevent oscillation at the point of reaching the final target temperature, thereby minimizing the time taken for the output wavelength tuning.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2007Publication date: May 8, 2008Applicant: ELECTRONICS & TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Jyung Chan Lee, Moo Jung Chu, Kwang Joon Kim, Jun Ki Lee
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Publication number: 20080107423Abstract: An optical transceiver which can effectively reduce optical output jitter when an error is made during designing and manufacturing of a printed circuit board (PCB), and a method of controlling optical output jitter using the optical transceiver are provided. The optical transceiver includes a transmitter unit including an equalizing (EQ) filter which can reduce jitter of a high speed electric signal; a control circuit which controls the EQ filter; a receiver unit which receives an optical signal; and a micro-controller which controls the transmitter unit and the receiver unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2007Publication date: May 8, 2008Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Joon Ki LEE, Jyung Chan Lee, Kwangjoon Kim
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Patent number: 7366411Abstract: The method for operating an optical transponder, which performs maintenance of a signal in the optical transponder having a digital wrapper in an optical transmission system including multiple layers, includes (a) calling a processor for processing an interrupt when the interrupt is generated from the digital wrapper according to monitoring of a received signal; (b) the called processor detecting what defect is generated in the received signal and detecting whether or not the received signal requires maintenance; (c) performing defect processing in the case that a defect is detected at (b) or is cancelled; and (d) controlling the digital wrapper according to the defect and maintenance processing result.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2003Date of Patent: April 29, 2008Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Yun-Hee Cho, Seung-Il Myong, Jyung-Chan Lee, Yool Kwon
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Patent number: 7313333Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus for controlling a decision threshold voltage to an optical receiver, which is capable of automatically controlling the decision threshold voltage to the optical receiver appropriately to signal level decision on the basis of a low-frequency band signal component of an output signal from the optical receiver. The apparatus is adapted to control the level of the decision threshold voltage to the optical receiver, which converts an input optical signal into an electrical signal.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2004Date of Patent: December 25, 2007Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Jyung Chan Lee, Seung Il Myong, Joon Ki Lee, Kwang Joon Kim
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Patent number: 7298978Abstract: An optical receiver in an optical communication system, and more particularly, to a method and an apparatus for optimizing a decision level of a signal output from an optical receiver to obtain a minimum bit error rate (BER) by measuring output characteristics of the optical receiver and adjusting a reference voltage of the optical receiver based on a measurement result. The provided method includes measuring the strength of an electric signal at a modulated frequency out of the frequency elements of the output electric signal in the optical receiver, generating a reference voltage based on the strength data of the electric signal, inputting the reference voltage to the optical receiver and re-measuring the strength of the electric signal output from the optical receiver to determine whether the strength of the signal is minimum, and maintaining the reference voltage when the strength of the signal is minimum and adjusting the reference voltage in other cases.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2003Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Jyung-chan Lee, Seung-il Myong, Jin-soo Han, Je-soo Ko