Patent ID: 9549232
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: G02B,H04B,H04J,H04Q

Claim:
1. A monolithically integrated system-on-chip device configured for a multi-rate and selected format of data communication, the device comprising: a single silicon substrate member; a data input/output interface provided on the substrate member and configured for a predefined data rate and protocol, the data input/output interface being configured for number of lanes numbered from four to one hundred and fifty; an input/output block provided on the substrate member and coupled to the data input/output interface, the input/output block comprising a SerDes block, a CDR block, a compensation block, and an equalizer block, the SerDes block being configured to convert N first data streams into M second data streams, each of the first data streams having a first predefined data rate at a first clock rate and each of the second data streams having a second predefined data rate at a second clock rate; a signal processing block provided on the substrate member and coupled to the input/output block, the signal processing block configured to the input/output block using a bi-direction bus in an intermediary protocol, wherein the signal processing block executes a wavelength divisional scheme to produce a data packet modulated with a multi-channel-multi-bitrate of 1×40 G, 4×10 G, 1×100 G, 2×50 G, 4×25 G, or 10×10 G for driving corresponding optical interface for transmitting a laser of 1 wavelength in 40 G, or 4 wavelengths in 10 G, or 1 wavelength in 100 G, 2 wavelengths in 50 G, 4 wavelengths in 25 G, or 10 wavelengths in 10 G; a driver module provided on the substrate member and coupled to the signal processing block, the driver module coupled to the signal processing blocking using a uni-directional multi-lane bus; a driver interface provided on the substrate member and coupled to the driver module and configured to be coupled to a silicon photonics device comprising a plurality of redundant laser devices in optical communication with a switch, the driver interface being configured to transmit output data in either an amplitude modulation format or a combination of phase/amplitude modulation format or a phase modulation format; a receiver module comprising a TIA block provided on the substrate member and to be coupled to the silicon photonics device using a loop back signal from an optical tap coupler through an isolation switch, and configured to the signal processing block to communicate information to the input/output block for transmission through the data input/output interface; a communication block provided on the substrate member and operably coupled to the input/output block, the signal processing block, the driver block, and the receiver block; a communication interface coupled to the communication block; and a control block provided on the substrate member and coupled to the communication block.