Is a
Patent attributes
Patent Jurisdiction
Patent Number
Patent Inventor Names
Young-Kai Chen0
Andreas Leven0
Date of Patent
April 19, 2011
Patent Application Number
11366145
Date Filed
March 2, 2006
Patent Primary Examiner
Patent abstract
The present invention provides an optical beamforming RF transmitter. In one embodiment, the optical beamforming RF transmitter includes an optical WDM splitter having an input and a plurality of outputs. The optical beamforming RF transmitter also includes an array of antennas, where each antenna has an optical input configured to drive the corresponding antenna, and an array of optical modulators, such that each modulator has an output connected to a corresponding one of the antennas and an input connected to one of the outputs of the optical WDM splitter. The optical beamforming RF transmitter further includes a mode-locked laser having an output optically coupled to the input of the optical WDM splitter.
Timeline
No Timeline data yet.
Further Resources
No Further Resources data yet.
