Patent ID: 9363019
Filing Date: 2016-06-07
CPC Classification: H04B,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A small form-factor pluggable (SFP) unit comprising: a housing having specific standardized SFP dimensions and adapted to being inserted into a chassis of a hosting unit; an optical connector on a front panel of the housing for receiving an optical signal; a beam splitter in the housing for splitting the received optical signal into a first and a second optical signal; a first photodiode in the housing for converting the first optical signal into a first electrical signal; a second photodiode in the housing for converting the second optical signal into a second electrical signal; a first transimpedance amplifier (TIA) in the housing operating at a first range of frequencies for amplifying the first electrical signal; a second transimpedance amplifier (TIA) in the housing operating at a second range of frequencies for amplifying the second electrical signal; and a re-clocker, configured by a controller, in the housing for generating a re-clocked electrical signal by re-clocking one of the following: a selection of one of the first or second amplified electrical signals, a combination of the first and second amplified electrical signals, and a selection of one of a first combination of the first and second amplified electrical signals or a second combination of the first and second amplified electrical signals.