Patent ID: 9225423
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
1. An optical engine comprising: a low-speed Tx line; a low-speed Rx line, wherein a low-speed Tx signal is transmitted on the low-speed Tx line and a low-speed Rx signal is received on the low-speed Rx line; a high-speed data lane comprising a high-speed Tx lane and a high-speed Rx lane, wherein: an optical transceiver device comprising an optical Tx lane and an optical Rx lane, wherein the high-speed data lane is coupled to the optical transceiver device such that high-speed Tx signal present on the high-speed Tx lane is converted to a high-speed optical signal at the optical Tx lane, and a high-speed optical signal received at the optical Rx lane is converted to a high-speed Rx signal that is provided to the high-speed Rx lane; and a control circuit positioned between the low-speed Tx line and the low-speed Rx line and the optical transceiver device, wherein the control circuit is electrically coupled to the optical transceiver device and is configured such that the control circuit selectively routes the low-speed Tx signal at the low-speed Tx line directly to the optical transceiver device in real time such that the optical transceiver device converts the low-speed Tx signal to a low-speed optical Tx signal at the optical Tx lane.