Patents by Inventor Kai Schamuhn

Kai Schamuhn 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: 20170126327
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for precompensating a VCSEL-signal, comprising a FIR-filter, wherein the FIR-filter is adapted to precompensate a signal by adjusting a portion of the signal in the first bit after a signal transition, and wherein the precompensated signal is injected into a VCSEL.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Applicant: FCI Americas Technology LLC
    Inventors: Ulrich Dieter Felix Keil, Kai Schamuhn
  • Patent number: 9638876
    Abstract: An opto-electrical transceiver module and an active optical cable comprising such a module are disclosed. The module includes a first printed circuit board and a second printed circuit board. The first printed circuit board carries 1) a light sources with driver circuitry that converts incoming electrical signals to optical signals, 2) optical receiver components with amplifier circuitry that converts optical signals to electrical signals, 3) a single optical coupling unit configured to optically coupling waveguides of an optical cable to the light sources as well as to the optical receiver components, and (4) one or more electrical contacts configured to connect to a host device. The second printed circuit board includes electrical contacts connected to the driver circuitry or to the amplifier circuitry on the first printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignees: FCI Americas Technology LLC, FCI Asia Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Kai Schamuhn, Andreas Krink, Johannes Daumenlang, John Spickler
  • Publication number: 20150316732
    Abstract: An opto-electrical transceiver module and an active optical cable comprising such a module are disclosed. The module includes a first printed circuit board and a second printed circuit board. The first printed circuit board carries 1) a light sources with driver circuitry that converts incoming electrical signals to optical signals, 2) optical receiver components with amplifier circuitry that converts optical signals to electrical signals, 3) a single optical coupling unit configured to optically coupling waveguides of an optical cable to the light sources as well as to the optical receiver components, and (4) one or more electrical contacts configured to connect to a host device. The second printed circuit board includes electrical contacts connected to the driver circuitry or to the amplifier circuitry on the first printed circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventors: Kai Schamuhn, Andreas Krink, Johannes Daumenlang, John Spickler
  • Patent number: 9166694
    Abstract: The invention relates to an optical coupling unit for an arrangement for sending optical signals, including a base unit, a light path formed between a light input and a light output of the base unit and configured to transmit light received via the light input to the light output, an outer light path section included in the light path, which section extends outside the base unit and into which the light transmitted along the light path emerges from the base unit via a light exit and from which the light after passing through the outer light path section enters again into the base unit via a light entry, and a light decoupling element, which is formed in the light path by means of at least one beamsplitting surface coating and configured to decouple a portion of the light transmitted along the light path. Furthermore the invention relates to an arrangement for sending optical signals and to an optical transceiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: FCI
    Inventors: Sven Otte, Kai Schamuhn, Andreas Krink, Juergen Blank, Nicola Iwanowski
  • Publication number: 20140029953
    Abstract: The invention relates to an optical coupling unit for an arrangement for sending optical signals, including a base unit, a light path formed between a light input and a light output of the base unit and configured to transmit light received via the light input to the light output, an outer light path section included in the light path, which section extends outside the base unit and into which the light transmitted along the light path emerges from the base unit via a light exit and from which the light after passing through the outer light path section enters again into the base unit via a light entry, and a light decoupling element, which is formed in the light path by means of at least one beamsplitting surface coating and configured to decouple a portion of the light transmitted along the light path. Furthermore the invention relates to an arrangement for sending optical signals and to an optical transceiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: Le Jupiter, 8, Parc Ariane
    Inventors: Sven Otte, Kai Schamuhn, Andreas Krink, Juergen Blank, Nicola Iwanowski