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AssigneeSamtec, Inc.
InventorsJoshua R. CORNELIUS, Eric Jean ZBINDEN, William J. KOZLOVSKY, David A. LANGSAM
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A method for determining receiver coupling efficiency includes varying optical power inputted into a half active optical cable to determine a maximum optical power at which the TIA squelches and determining a receiver coupling efficiency by calculating a ratio of a threshold optical power to the maximum optical power at which the TIA squelches. A method of determining link loss in a channel includes varying optical power of a light source to determine the maximum optical power at which the TIA squelches and determining the link loss in the channel by subtracting the maximum optical power from the threshold optical power. A method of determining link topology includes selecting a pattern of optical powers and matching a pattern of squelched and non-squelched outputs with the pattern of optical power. An active optical cable includes memory storing a value related to an initial link loss of the active optical cable.
A method for determining receiver coupling efficiency of a half active optical cable that includes a photodetector and a transimpedance amplifier connected to an output of the photodetector, wherein the transimpedance amplifier squelches its output when optical power incident on the photodetector is below a threshold optical power, the method comprising:
A method of determining link loss in a channel of a full active optical cable, the method comprising:
A method of determining link loss in a channel of a full active optical cable that includes a light source, a photodetector optically connected to the light source, and a transimpedance amplifier connected to an output of the photodetector, wherein the transimpedance amplifier squelches its output when optical power incident on the photodetector is below a threshold optical power, the method comprising:
An active optical cable comprising:
A method of determining link topology of a system of active optical cables, wherein each of the active optical cables includes channels and each of the channels includes a light source, a photodetector optically connected to the light source, and a transimpedance amplifier connected to an output of the photodetector, wherein the transimpedance amplifier squelches its output when optical power detected by the photodetector is below a threshold optical power, the method comprising:
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