US Patent Issued to MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings on June 17 for "Methods, systems, and apparatuses for passive optical networks" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,986, issued on June 17, was assigned to MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings Inc. (Lowell, Mass.).

"Methods, systems, and apparatuses for passive optical networks" was invented by Bart Zeydel (Fair Oaks, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In various embodiments, the present disclosure includes a system for sending 50 gigabits per second (Gbps), 75 Gbps, and 100 Gbps at 50 gigabaud (GBaud) for passive optical networks (PON) downstream and upstream. The system allows for transmission of three data rates at a single baud-rate while only using 2-bits of information per sample. A motivation for sending three data rates at a single baud-...