US 11,876,557 B1
Setting parameters of optical transmitter using receive-side control
Harish Venkataraman, Half Moon Bay, CA (US); Cristiano L. Niclass, San Jose, CA (US); and Susan A. Thompson, Half Moon Bay, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/379,799.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/082,296, filed on Sep. 23, 2020.
Int. Cl. H04B 10/079 (2013.01); H04L 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04B 10/07955 (2013.01) [H04L 1/0016 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device, comprising:
an optical transmitter;
an optical receiver;
a memory configured to store,
an indicator of a next pulse repetition interval (PRI); and
a set of parameters associated with operating the optical transmitter in accordance with the next PRI;
an optical transmitter controller configured to,
retrieve the indicator of the next PRI in response to a trigger signal;
retrieve, using the indicator of the next PRI, the set of parameters; and
operate the optical transmitter in accordance with the set of parameters; and
an optical receiver controller configured to,
operate the optical receiver;
update the indicator of the next PRI stored in the memory; and
provide the trigger signal to the optical transmitter controller.