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US 2024/0063901 A1Published application
Architecture, apparatus, and power delivery method for environmental measurement in subsea system
AssigneeSubcom, LLC
InventorsWilliam W. Patterson, Georg Heinrich Mohs, Alexei N. Pilipetskii
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Abstract
An apparatus for subsea environment sensing. In one aspect, the apparatus may include a repeater assembly, disposed in an optical repeater; and an environmental sensor assembly, disposed proximate to the repeater assembly, the environmental sensor assembly being coupled to receive power from the repeater assembly over an optical link.
Claims20
An apparatus for subsea environment sensing, comprising:
- a repeater assembly, disposed in an optical repeater, wherein the repeater assembly receives electrical power over a cable;
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- an environmental sensor assembly, disposed proximate to the repeater assembly, the environmental sensor assembly being coupled to receive power from the repeater assembly over an optical link.
A subsea communications system, comprising:
- a subsea cable;
- an optical repeater coupled to the subsea cable, to receive electrical power from the subsea cable, the optical repeater further comprising a repeater assembly;
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- an environmental sensor assembly, disposed proximate to the repeater assembly, the environmental sensor assembly being coupled to receive power from the repeater assembly over an optical link.
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A method of monitoring a subsea environment, comprising:
- receiving an environment measurement at an environmental sensor of an environmental sensor assembly, disposed in contact with seawater;
- sending the environment measurement as an electrical measurement signal to an optical transmitter;
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- outputting an optical measurement signal, based upon the electrical measurement signal, over an optical fiber of an optical fiber assembly that is coupled to a repeater assembly in a subsea optical repeater, wherein the repeater assembly receives electrical power over a cable.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.