Patent ID: 7954358

Claim:
A method for a calibration module to calibrate laser bias current in an optical transceiver comprising: causing the calibration module to configure a control module of the optical transceiver for a calibration operation; causing the calibration module to determine a laser bias current monitored by the control module; and determining one or more calibration factor values that cause the laser bias current monitored by the control module to substantially match a laser bias current as measured by an external test meter; wherein determining one or more calibration factor values that cause the laser bias current monitored by the control module to substantially match a laser bias current as measured by an external test meter comprises: receiving input that causes an optimization module of the calibration module to determine the one or more calibration factor values so as to cause the control module to adjust the laser bias current level such that the laser bias current monitored by the control module substantially matches the laser bias current as measured by the external test meter.