Patents by Inventor Theodore J. Schmidt
Theodore J. Schmidt 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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Patent number: 11705970Abstract: An optical receiver can implement a transimpedance amplifier (TIA) to process received light using a closed loop optical pre-amplification. The optical receiver can use an average input value of the TIA to control an semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) or pre-amplification as received average signal varies. The optical receiver can include a gain controller for the TIA that can measure the TIA swing to adjust the gain of the SOA to pre-amplify received light in a closed loop control configuration.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2021Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.Inventors: Robert S. Guzzon, John Garcia, Theodore J. Schmidt
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Patent number: 11653477Abstract: Photonic and electronic integrated circuits can be cooled using variable conductance heat pipes containing a non-condensable gas in addition to a phase-changing working fluid. To package the heat pipe with a subassembly including the integrated circuits in a standard housing providing a heat sink contact area, the heat pipe is oriented, in some embodiments, with its axis between evaporator and condenser ends substantially perpendicular to the direction along which the integrated circuit subassembly is separated from the heat sink contact area, and a portion of the exterior surface of the heat pipe is thermally insulated, with a suitable thermal insulation structure, from the heat sink contact area.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.Inventors: Roberto Marcoccia, Brian Robert Koch, Theodore J. Schmidt, Christopher Paul Wyland, Robert S. Guzzon, Gregory Alan Fish
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Publication number: 20220171720Abstract: A microcontroller can interact with external ASICs using a multi-serial peripheral interface. The ASICs and the microcontroller can be included in an electrical device or an optical-electrical device. The microcontroller can implement the interface to access the registers of the different ASICs in bulk interactions, including a bulk status request, bulk configuration setting, and bulk data reads.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2022Publication date: June 2, 2022Inventors: Roberto Marcoccia, Sean P. Woyciehowsky, George R. Sosnowski, Theodore J. Schmidt
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Patent number: 11288215Abstract: A microcontroller can interact with external ASICs using a multi-serial peripheral interface. The ASICs and the microcontroller can be included in an electrical device or an optical-electrical device. The microcontroller can implement the interface to access the registers of the different ASICs in bulk interactions, including a bulk status request, bulk configuration setting, and bulk data reads.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2020Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.Inventors: Roberto Marcoccia, Sean P. Woyciehowsky, George R. Sosnowski, Theodore J. Schmidt
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Publication number: 20220066956Abstract: A microcontroller can interact with external ASICs using a multi-serial peripheral interface. The ASICs and the microcontroller can be included in an electrical device or an optical-electrical device. The microcontroller can implement the interface to access the registers of the different ASICs in bulk interactions, including a bulk status request, bulk configuration setting, and bulk data reads.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2020Publication date: March 3, 2022Inventors: Roberto Marcoccia, Sean P. Woyciehowsky, George R. Sosnowski, Theodore J. Schmidt
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Publication number: 20220034750Abstract: A hybrid optical-electrical automated testing equipment (ATE) system can implement an optical test assembly that includes an electrical interface and an optical interface with an optical-electrical device under test. The optical assembly can include a socket on which the device is placed by the ATE system to connect electrical and optical connections. The optical connections can couple light through the socket and the optical assembly to one or more testing devices to perform efficient testing of optical devices, such as high-speed optical transceivers.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2020Publication date: February 3, 2022Inventors: Piotr Myslinski, Chris Barnard, Steven William Keck, Roberto Marcoccia, Theodore J. Schmidt
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Publication number: 20210376935Abstract: An optical receiver can implement a transimpedance amplifier (TIA) to process received light using a closed loop optical pre-amplification. The optical receiver can use an average input value of the TIA to control an semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) or pre-amplification as received average signal varies. The optical receiver can include a gain controller for the TIA that can measure the TIA swing to adjust the gain of the SOA to pre-amplify received light in a closed loop control configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2021Publication date: December 2, 2021Inventors: Robert S. Guzzon, John Garcia, Theodore J. Schmidt
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Patent number: 11143698Abstract: In some embodiments, an apparatus includes an automatic integrated circuit (IC) handler having a change kit. The change kit has a plunger moveably disposable onto an automatic test equipment (ATE). In such embodiments, the ATE is configured to receive an integrated circuit having an optical interface. The plunger has a first position and a second position. In such embodiments, the plunger is out of contact with the integrated circuit when the plunger is in the first position. The plunger includes an optical connector operatively coupled to the optical interface of the integrated circuit when the plunger is in the second position.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2018Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.Inventors: Roberto Marcoccia, Theodore J. Schmidt, George R. Sosnowski, Christian Malouin
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Publication number: 20210227723Abstract: Photonic and electronic integrated circuits can be cooled using variable conductance heat pipes containing a non-condensable gas in addition to a phase-changing working fluid. To package the heat pipe with a subassembly including the integrated circuits in a standard housing providing a heat sink contact area, the heat pipe is oriented, in some embodiments, with its axis between evaporator and condenser ends substantially perpendicular to the direction along which the integrated circuit subassembly is separated from the heat sink contact area, and a portion of the exterior surface of the heat pipe is thermally insulated, with a suitable thermal insulation structure, from the heat sink contact area.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2021Publication date: July 22, 2021Inventors: Roberto Marcoccia, Brian Robert Koch, Theodore J. Schmidt, Christopher Paul Wyland, Robert S. Guzzon, Gregory Alan Fish
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Patent number: 11070296Abstract: An optical receiver can implement a transimpedance amplifier (TIA) to process received light using a closed loop optical pre-amplification. The optical receiver can use an average input value of the TIA to control an semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) or pre-amplification as received average signal varies. The optical receiver can include a gain controller for the TIA that can measure the TIA swing to adjust the gain of the SOA to pre-amplify received light in a closed loop control configuration.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2020Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.Inventors: Robert S. Guzzon, John Garcia, Theodore J. Schmidt
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Patent number: 11051431Abstract: Photonic and electronic integrated circuits can be cooled using variable conductance heat pipes containing a non-condensable gas in addition to a phase-changing working fluid. To package the heat pipe with a subassembly including the integrated circuits in a standard housing providing a heat sink contact area, the heat pipe is oriented, in some embodiments, with its axis between evaporator and condenser ends substantially perpendicular to the direction along which the integrated circuit subassembly is separated from the heat sink contact area, and a portion of the exterior surface of the heat pipe is thermally insulated, with a suitable thermal insulation structure, from the heat sink contact area.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2018Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.Inventors: Roberto Marcoccia, Brian Robert Koch, Theodore J. Schmidt, Christopher Paul Wyland, Robert S. Guzzon, Gregory Alan Fish
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Patent number: 10958343Abstract: In some embodiments, an apparatus includes an optical transmitter module that can be electrically coupled to an electrical serializer/deserializer and a controller. The optical transmitter module can include an electrical detector that can receive an in-band signal. The electrical detector can send to the controller a first power error signal and a second power error signal based on the in-band signal. The controller can send a correction control signal to the electrical serializer/deserializer based on the first power error signal and the second power error signal such that the electrical serializer/deserializer sends a pre-emphasized signal to the optical transmitter module based on the correction control signal. In such embodiments, the first power error signal, the second power signal and the correction control signal are out-of-band signals.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2019Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.Inventors: Theodore J. Schmidt, Bo Zhang, Murat Arabaci, Roberto Marcoccia, Christian Malouin, Steven William Keck
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Patent number: 10560194Abstract: A system is configured to determine a first power level of a first signal output from a first modulator, and determine a second power level of a second signal output from a second modulator. The first signal may include a first optical signal associated with a particular polarization orientation, and the second signal may include a second optical signal associated with the particular polarization orientation. The system is configured to determine a relationship between the first power level and the second power level, and to set, based on the relationship between the first power level and the second power level, a reverse bias voltage associated with the first modulator, where the reverse bias voltage may be used to control the first power level of the first signal.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2019Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.Inventors: Bo Zhang, Theodore J. Schmidt, Christian Malouin
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Publication number: 20200008321Abstract: Photonic and electronic integrated circuits can be cooled using variable conductance heat pipes containing a non-condensable gas in addition to a phase-changing working fluid. To package the heat pipe with a subassembly including the integrated circuits in a standard housing providing a heat sink contact area, the heat pipe is oriented, in some embodiments, with its axis between evaporator and condenser ends substantially perpendicular to the direction along which the integrated circuit subassembly is separated from the heat sink contact area, and a portion of the exterior surface of the heat pipe is thermally insulated, with a suitable thermal insulation structure, from the heat sink contact area.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2018Publication date: January 2, 2020Inventors: Roberto Marcoccia, Brian Robert Koch, Theodore J. Schmidt, Christopher Paul Wyland, Robert S. Guzzon, Gregory Alan Fish
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Patent number: 10524030Abstract: In some embodiments, a system includes a set of servers, a set of switches within a switch fabric, and an optical device. The optical device is operatively coupled to the set of servers via a first set of optical fibers. Each server from the set of servers is associated with at least one wavelength from a set of wavelengths upon connection to the optical device. The optical device is operatively coupled to each switch from a set of switches via an optical fiber from a second set of optical fibers. The optical device, when operative, wavelength demultiplexes optical signals received from each switch from the set of switches, and sends, for each wavelength from the set of wavelengths, optical signals for that wavelength to the server from the set of servers.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2018Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.Inventors: Pradeep Sindhu, Roberto Marcoccia, Theodore J. Schmidt, George R. Sosnowski, Christian Malouin
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Patent number: 10447422Abstract: In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a first optical transceiver. The first optical transceiver includes a set of optical transmitters, an optical multiplexer operatively coupled to the set of optical transmitters, and a variable optical attenuator operatively coupled to the optical multiplexer. The variable optical attenuator is configured to receive a control signal from a controller of the first optical transceiver and modulate a signal representing control information with an output from the optical multiplexer. The control information is associated with the control signal and for a second optical transceiver operatively coupled to the first optical transceiver.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2018Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.Inventors: Roberto Marcoccia, Theodore J. Schmidt, George R. Sosnowski, Christian Malouin
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Patent number: 10382131Abstract: In some embodiments, an apparatus includes an optical transmitter module that can be electrically coupled to an electrical serializer/deserializer and a controller. The optical transmitter module can include an electrical detector that can receive an in-band signal. The electrical detector can send to the controller a first power error signal and a second power error signal based on the in-band signal. The controller can send a correction control signal to the electrical serializer/deserializer based on the first power error signal and the second power error signal such that the electrical serializer/deserializer sends a pre-emphasized signal to the optical transmitter module based on the correction control signal. In such embodiments, the first power error signal, the second power signal and the correction control signal are out-of-band signals.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2017Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.Inventors: Theodore J. Schmidt, Bo Zhang, Murat Arabaci, Roberto Marcoccia, Christian Malouin, Steven William Keck
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Publication number: 20190165864Abstract: A system is configured to determine a first power level of a first signal output from a first modulator, and determine a second power level of a second signal output from a second modulator. The first signal may include a first optical signal associated with a particular polarization orientation, and the second signal may include a second optical signal associated with the particular polarization orientation. The system is configured to determine a relationship between the first power level and the second power level, and to set, based on the relationship between the first power level and the second power level, a reverse bias voltage associated with the first modulator, where the reverse bias voltage may be used to control the first power level of the first signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2019Publication date: May 30, 2019Inventors: Bo ZHANG, Theodore J. Schmidt, Christian Malouin
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Patent number: 10218445Abstract: A system is configured to determine a first power level of a first signal output from a first modulator, and determine a second power level of a second signal output from a second modulator. The first signal may include a first optical signal associated with a particular polarization orientation, and the second signal may include a second optical signal associated with the particular polarization orientation. The system is configured to determine a relationship between the first power level and the second power level, and to set, based on the relationship between the first power level and the second power level, a reverse bias voltage associated with the first modulator, where the reverse bias voltage may be used to control the first power level of the first signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2016Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.Inventors: Bo Zhang, Theodore J. Schmidt, Christian Malouin
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Patent number: 10153833Abstract: In some embodiments, an apparatus includes an optical transceiver that includes a first set of electrical transmitters operatively coupled to a switch. Each electrical transmitter from the first set of electrical transmitters is configured to transmit an electrical signal from a set of electrical signals. In such embodiments, the switch is configured to switch an electrical signal from the set of electrical signals such that the set of electrical signals are transmitted via a second set of electrical transmitters. Each electrical transmitter from the second set of electrical transmitters is operatively coupled to an optical transmitter from a set of optical transmitters. The set of optical transmitters is operatively coupled to an optical multiplexer. In such embodiments, at least one electrical transmitter from the second set of electrical transmitters is associated with a failure within the optical transceiver.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2018Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.Inventors: Theodore J. Schmidt, Roberto Marcoccia, George R. Sosnowski, Christian Malouin