Patent ID: 7949025

Claim:
A digital laser control system, comprising: a plurality of sensors coupled to a laser, wherein the plurality of sensors are configured to generate feedback information associated with a plurality of laser performance parameters; a digital laser controller coupled to the plurality of sensors, wherein the digital laser controller is configured to generate one or more laser driver control signals based on the feedback information, and wherein the digital laser controller comprises a first device configured to provide the one or more laser driver control signals as one or more voltage values to a laser driver that has a first circuit configuration and a second device configured to provide the one or more laser driver control signals as one or more resistor values to a laser driver that has a second circuit configuration, wherein the first circuit configuration includes current mirrors that are set with the one or more voltage values and the second circuit configuration includes current mirrors that are set with the one or more resistor values; and a laser driver coupled to the laser and the digital laser controller, wherein the laser driver includes either the first circuit configuration or the second circuit configuration and is configured to produce one or more laser control signals based on the one or more laser driver control signals to control operation of the laser.