US Patent Issued to Cisco Technology on July 14 for "Monitor channel for multiple transmission channels" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,706, issued on July 14, was assigned to Cisco Technology Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Monitor channel for multiple transmission channels" was invented by Scott D. Denton (Escondido, Calif.) and Joseph J. Balardeta (Encinitas, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an optical module and a method of operating the optical module. The optical module includes transmission channels and a monitor channel. The transmission channels produce a plurality of optical signals. Each transmission channel includes an equalizer circuit and a first converter. The equalizer circuit adjusts a received electrical signal to pr...