ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,659,039, issued on June 16, was assigned to NEC Corp. (Tokyo).
"Gain equalization apparatus and method for equalizing gain" was invented by Motoyoshi Kawai (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gain equalization apparatus according to an example embodiment includes a first path including a gain equalizer configured to correct a tilt of an input optical signal, a second path including a through-fiber configured to transmit the input optical signal therethrough as it is, an optical switch capable of switching between the first path including the gain equalizer and the second path including the through-fiber, at least one memory configure...