Patent ID: 9369205
Filing Date: 2016-06-14
CPC Classification: H04B

Claim Text:
1. A pluggable optical transmitter module for providing an optical interface comprising: a modulated laser optically coupled to an optical conduit directed to an optical fiber communications link and electrically coupled to an electrical RF source line that provides an RF source to drive the modulated laser; an electrical storage/processing component comprising a digital processor, memory with stored predistortion parameters specific for the pluggable optical transmitter module and a data output configured to transmit pre-compensation data; a communication channel connected to the data output of the electrical storage/processing component to carry the pre-compensation data specific for the pluggable optical transmitter module and/or the optical fiber communications link; a housing containing the modulated laser and electrical storage/processing component; an electrical plug connection providing an interface through the housing, the electrical plug connection comprising an RF signal input connection and a plurality of pin connectors wherein an RF signal input is in electrical connection with the directly-modulated laser or an external modulator for the externally-modulated laser through the electrical RF source line, and at least some of the pin connectors are in electrical connection with the communication channel wherein nonlinear responses of the pluggable optical transmitter module and/or the optical fiber communications link are communicated from the pluggable optical transmitter module such that they are available to pre-compensate the RF signal input based at least in part on predetermined pre-distortion parameters specific for the pluggable optical transmitter module and/or the optical fiber communications link based on the data transmitted over the communications channel; and an optical connector providing an interface through the housing and designed for interfacing with an optical fiber or an optical fiber connector.