Patent 12003278 was granted and assigned to Acacia Communications on June, 2024 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A differentially-balanced photodetector arrangement is described for use in a coherent optical receiver. The differentially-balanced photodetector arrangement may include balanced differential photodetector pairs. The balanced differential photodetector pairs may generate a differential electrical signal. The differential electrical signal may include the data received by the coherent optical receiver.