Patent ID: 7139481
Filing Date: 2006-11-21
Classification: G02B,H04L

Abstract:
1. An optical interconnection module for multiplexing first and second input digital signals synchronous by a clock signal, comprising: a first device configured to convert the first input digital signal to a first optical signal having a first amplitude; a second device configured to convert the second input digital signal to a second optical signal having a second amplitude; a third device configured to convert the clock signal to a clock optical signal, wherein the optical unit includes a second optical path configured to transmit the clock optical signal an optical unit having an optical channel and configured to guide the first and second optical signals and multiplex the first and second optical signals at a predetermined ratio in the optical channel; a converting circuit, in which the multiplexed optical signal is inputted, configured to convert to the multiplexed first and second optical signal into a multiplexed electric signal having first, second, third and fourth levels; and an output circuit, in which the multiplexed electric signal is compared with three threshold values to discriminate the second, third and fourth levels, configured to output a first digital output signal which is regenerated from the multiplexed electric signal with reference to the second level and a second digital output signal which is regenerated from the multiplexed electric signal with reference to the second, third and fourth levels.