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US 12,710,595 B2Granted
Bidirectional microring resonator-based photonic link architecture
AssigneeNVIDIA Corporation
InventorsAngad Rekhi, Benjamin Giles Lee
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Abstract
Optical transceiver architecture utilizing micro-ring modulators and micro-ring resonators configured to route resonant wavelengths of light injected into each micro-ring resonator's input port and through port to that micro-ring resonator's drop port and add port, respectively. The micro-ring resonators drop two distinct streams of data modulated onto the same optical wavelength, or two wavelengths separated by an integer number of free spectral ranges coupled into the micro-ring resonators in two different directions.
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A transceiver comprising:
- a multi-wavelength light source;
- an optical splitter to split light from the light source onto a plurality of transmitter light guides;
- a plurality of micro-ring modulators coupled to each transmitter light guide, each micro-ring modulator tuned to modulate one of the wavelengths of light generated by the light source with a data signal;
- a plurality of optical couplers arranged to couple light from the transmitter light guides into different ends of a receiver light guide;
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- a plurality of micro-ring resonators coupled to the receiver light guide, each micro-ring resonator configured to drop a plurality of the wavelengths of light.
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A transceiver comprising:
- a plurality of multi-wavelength light sources;
- each light source coupled to a separate transmitter light guide;
- each transmitter light guide coupled to a plurality of micro-ring modulators, each micro-ring modulator tuned to modulate a different one of the wavelengths of light generated by the light source with a data signal;
- a plurality of optical couplers arranged to couple light from the transmitter light guides into different ends of a receiver light guide;
- a plurality of micro-ring resonators coupled to the receiver light guide, each micro-ring resonator configured to drop a plurality of the wavelengths of light;
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- wherein the light sources are configured such that the wavelengths output from one are offset from those output from the other by an integer number of free spectral ranges of the micro-ring resonators.
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A transceiver comprising:
- a multi-wavelength light source coupled to a transmitter light guide;
- a plurality of micro-ring modulators coupled to the transmitter light guide, each micro-ring modulator tuned to modulate one of the wavelengths of light generated by the light source with a data signal;
- a plurality of optical couplers configured to couple light from the transmitter light guide into a receiver light guide;
- a plurality of micro-ring resonators coupled to the receiver light guide, each micro-ring resonator configured to drop a plurality of the wavelengths of light;
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- wherein the light source is configured such that half of the wavelengths are offset from the other half by a nonzero integer number of free spectral ranges of the micro-ring resonators.
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