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    U.S. patent 6816642: Apparatus and methods for using fiber optic arrays in optical communication systems. Granted to Mayer et. al. (2 total) on 2004-11-09 (filed 2002-03-01) and assigned to Optical Communication Products, Inc.. Currently involved in at least 1 patent litigation: Optical Communication Products, Inc. v. Finisar Corporation (Texas). See http://news.priorsmart.com for more info.

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    U.S. patent 6816642: Apparatus and methods for using fiber optic arrays in optical communication systems. Granted to Mayer et. al. (2 total) on 2004-11-09 (filed 2002-03-01) and assigned to Optical Communication Products, Inc.. Currently involved in at least 1 patent litigation: Optical Communication Products, Inc. v. Finisar Corporation (Texas). See http://news.priorsmart.com for more info.

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    Apparatus and Methods For Using Fiber Optic Arrays in Optical Communication Systems (US Patent 6816642)

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    U.S. patent 6816642: Apparatus and methods for using fiber optic arrays in optical communication systems. Granted to Mayer et. al. (2 total) on 2004-11-09 (filed 2002-03-01) and assigned to Optical Communication Products, Inc.. Currently involved in at least 1 patent litigation: Optical Communication Products, Inc. v. Finisar Corporation (Texas). See http://news.priorsmart.com for more info.

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    (2) United States Patent Mayer et al. (5) APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR USING FIBER OPTIC ARRAYS IN OPTICAL, ‘COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS. (73) Inventors: Robert C. Mayer, Longmont, CO (US); Michael D. Wileox, Broomficlé, co (us) (3) Assignee: Tne., Woodland Hills, CA (US) (4) Notice: Subject o any disclaimer, the term ofthis, patent is extended or adjusted under 35 USC. 1540) by 0 days (21) Appl. No. 10/087,648 (22) Filed: Mar. 1, 2002 Gy) may G02B 6/28 (2) US.CL ‘385/24 (58) Field of Search 38524 66) References Cited US, PATENT DOCUMENTS, SADIGS6 A + 5/1995 Swine tal 39592 5781341 A + 7198 Byers 3985 Soman A + 71999 Chang 39883 5971626 A * 10/1999 Giebel ca. 38557 243510 BL * 62001. Rach 5/15 6308350 BI * 102001. Doct a. 3889 USO06816642B1 US 6,816,642 BL Nov. 9, 2004 (10) Patent No.: (45) Date of Patent: 6674740 BL * 12008 Matuthit sinass 6714545 BL * 32004 Mugeaberg ta. ST0B95.1 OOK OHS22 AL * 5/20 Levesque ea T0708 OTHER PUBLICATIONS Dave Bursky, "Optical Links Eliminate Bulky Box-To-Box Cables." 4 pgs, Oct 30, 2000, Bol Mayes, “Improving System Density For The Met, Integrated Communications Design, vol, 41, No. 1,3 pgs tan. 14, 2002. Mick Wileox, “Leveraging Long-Wavelengih VCSEL Arrays,” Lightwave, Spgs, Oct. 2001 Primary Exaniner—Elen E. Kia (14) Atorney, Agen, or Frm Barlow, Josephs & Holmes, Lid, 6 Al RACT ‘System and optical communication that may be employed to couple together fiber opie arays of two oF more optical ‘communiestion modales sing parallel fiberoptic connec- tors and physically distinct and signl-independent optical ‘communication paths, The disclosed systems and methods may he employed to provide separate single-independent ‘communication paths having signal vanspoat characteristics, ‘that meot standards required for single fiber single poin-o- single point applications U.S. Patent Nov. 9, 2004 Sheet 1 of 8 US 6,816,642 BL 14 FIGURE ] ia U.S. Patent Nov. 9, 2004 Sheet 2 of 8 US 6,816,642 BL MINIMUM SIGRAL Eh ATEAUATON 5 - 3 a MAXINUN SIGHAL S A TeSIOHAL ARABUITY ee © |b ER ATENUATON VARABILTY (INCOMING SIGNAL ARUBILTY 1k DIANCE hk FIGURED U.S. Patent Nov. 9, 2004 Sheet 3 of 8 US 6,816,642 BL MINIMUM SIGHAL ‘ATTENUATION OPTICAL SIGNAL POWER A-Tx SIGNAL VARIABILITY B-AIBER ATTENUATION VARIABILITY C- INCOMING SIGNAL VARIABILITY waa SIGNAL ATTENUATION Tx DISTANE. AGURES U.S. Patent Nov. 9, 2004 Sheet 4 of 8 US 6,816,642 BL At a4 wo 40g 406 16 ap \ La 740 oF (, i} 10 fi 0 +30 at Tx DISABLE 02 10s an a0 U.S. Patent Nov. 9, 2004 Sheet 5 of 8 US 6,816,642 BL 520 ce FIGURE SA U.S. Patent Nov. 9, 2004 Sheet 6 of 8 US 6,816,642 BL 0 FGURESB U.S. Patent Nov. 9, 2004 Sheet 7 of 8 US 6,816,642 BI u oo oo on oo \/ 602 oo ono on on 612 FIGURE6 610 U.S. Patent Nov. 9, 2004 Sheet 8 of 8 US 6,816,642 BL vu 7) 70 N2 n4 716 FIGURE7 US 6,816,642 BI 1 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR USING FIBER OPTIC ARRAYS IN OPTICAL, ‘COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS FIELD OF THE INVENTION ‘The preseat iaveation relates generally to optical communications, and more particulary to fiber optic com- ‘munication systems. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Optical communication technologies are employed in a ‘wide variety of communication environments, Examples of suet communication envizonments include, but are not limited 10, telecommunications, networking, data communications industrial communication links, medical communications links, etc. In networking environments, liber optics have traditionally bea employed inthe network core a long-haul backbones. More recently, fiber optic technologies have buen implemented at the network edge, eg., m metropolitan ares network MAN") and local area retwork LAN") environments, Examples of eter en :onmeals ia which eptcal communication technologies are being deployed include network operation centers, corporate network backbone, central offices, and edge(eore aggreps- tion points As optical communications have been implemented in edge environmenis, an increased need has developed for ‘optical interconnect equipment that is capable of alleviating bandwidth botlenecks by using increased port densities to provide more links at higher speeds within a consrained physical infrastuctue. AC ihe same time that service provid fers are attempting to deploy such higher bandwidth solutions, they face market constraints that increasingly ‘make such solutions more dificult to implement, ¢ 8. reduced capital budgets, physical space limitations, HVAC. (beating, ventilation, and air conditioning) limitations, increasing power costs due (o limited power grid capacity, ete. ‘Modem conventional optical communication infastruc- tures commonly employ 1310 nm-based optical transmis sion technology for hort, immediate, and some long-range Tinks, while more expensive 1550 nim-hased technologies, are generally reserved to implement longer-haul ‘equiremens, olen using dense wavelength division mul plexing (‘DWDM"). Single mode fiber 1310 nm optical technologies have been employed for short-each ("SR") and intrmediate-reach (IR") links using the abundance of unused dark fiber available in existing network s infrastructures, such a may be found in MAN infestruc~ tures, In this regard, 1310 nam-hased optical solutions are Genser and more power eliient than 1550 om-hased DWDM solutions. Furthermore, itis less expeasive to utilize 4 separate fiber and 1310 nm opties for transmission of an aitonal signal in an environment where the separate fiber is sready installed and available However, despite the implementation of 1310 nm-based ‘optical technologies, service providers sil fae the problem ‘of bow to deploy more 1310 nm interconnects at is higher speed and lower cost per bit within the same or smaller physical space, and in a manner that takes advantage of reductions that have been achieved in integrated circuit scale. Smaller systems consume less Hor space and power, enabling telecommunications companies to minimize lease expenses for equipment space. Shrinking system forts also enable caries to migrate to smaller facilites located s a 2 ‘nearer to users at the network edge. Optical connectors and associated optical modules have been developed in an attempt to respond to market needs, For example, 1310 na fiber optic communication technology is now commonly implemented using small form facior ("SEF") connectors, ‘which support wo optical bers within a connector width of approximately 0.55 inches. However, even with use of SFE connector techaology, por density improvements have not kept pace with coeresponding improvements in scale that hhave been achieved in integrated cireuit design. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Disclosed herein ae systems and methods for optical ‘communication that employ parallel fiber optic arays 10 couple together two or moce optical communication mosl- ‘ules via physically distinet and signl-independent optical ‘communication paths in which each signalindependeat ‘optical communication path is eapuble of tansporting one oF more signals that are separate and independent from other ‘optical communications paths. The disclosed systems and methods may be advantageously implemented to provide a ‘much denser and more power eliient optical interconnect solution for high speed/muli-pon optical systems than is, avilable using conventional technology and, in doing so, ‘maybe implemented to allow system providers to overcome existing barriers to improvements ia deasity, power elli- ciency and cost effectiveness. The physically’ distinct and signalindependent optical communication paths provided by the disclosed systems and methods also make possible increased flexibility in system architecture Inone disclosed embodiment, parallel fiber optic eonnee- tors may be employed ia combination wih fiber optic arrays, to enable much higher port densities and greater power cliciency than is possible using exiting SFF-based devices. For example, commercially available parallel fber optic connectors commonly employed in single point-to-point parallel bon fer aplication (eg, eoaveationsl MTP™ connectors that support up to 12 single-mode fibers in a single ferrule and connector) may be employed to provide separate signl-independent communication paths having transmission characteristics that meet the much more demanding standards required for single fiber single point- to-single point applications, eg. standards such as may be sel by IEEE, ITU aad ANSI standards bodies. Surprisingly, such single point-o-point connectors may be used in the disclosed systems and methods to provide multiple (e., ‘on-single pont-o-sngle pot) communication pat that are physically distinct and signal-independent from each ‘other while also being standards-compliant foreach pat, La ‘ne embodiment, such connectors may also be employed in manner to support or enable upto fou times the number of prison card edge as compared to an alterative design ‘based on small form factor devices. In another disclosed embodiment, parallel ber optic ‘connectors may be employed in combination with vertcal- emily surface-emitng lasers (°VCSELS") to provide mul- tiple signal-independent optical communication pats in a high density single mode configuration that offers smaller size and reduced power consumption at « lower cost than traditional SFF-based implementations, Using VCSEL. ‘enables multiple optical transmitters tobe integrated into & single transmit module to which 2 parallel fiber optic ‘connector, such as an MTP™ connector, may be coupled to provide an independent optical transmitter for each Sher optic port of an MTP™ connector array. In such an implementation, two oF more 1310 nm-based transmit and receive array modules (e4,, based on 1310 nm VCSEL US 6,816,642 BI 3 technology) may be coupled togeber, for example, wsing MIP™ conaectors ia conjunction with industry standard single andor duplex fer coanetors. When compared to conventional 1310 1m SFT-hased Iansceivers, sich an Implementation may be used to realize system-level improvements such as inceased system level densities, reduced power supplies, elimination of cooling fans, lower system cost, smaller sjstem ooipiat for remate andor space-estictd locations (e, rembiey located pedestals

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