Patent ID: 7440647

Claim:
An assembly of a transmitter optical assembly, a receiver optical assembly and a host, comprising: the transmitter optical assembly including: a transmitter substrate that includes a transmitter power line and a transmitter conductive path coupled to a transmitter optical assembly connector; a laser source mounted on the transmitter substrate; and a transmitter integrated circuit mounted on the transmitter substrate, including: a laser control communicably connected with one or more of the laser source, the transmitter power line, and the transmitter conductive path, the laser control including a transmitter memory portion, the transmitter memory portion including one or more memory components for receiving or storing data; the receiver optical assembly including: a receiver substrate that includes a receiver power line and a receiver conductive path coupled to a receiver optical assembly connector; a photodiode mounted on the receiver substrate; and a receiver integrated circuit including: a processing control communicably connected with one or more of the photodiode, the receiver power line, and the receiver conductive path, the processing control including a receiver memory portion, the receiver memory portion including one or more memory components for receiving or storing data; and the host including: a host CPU; transmitter specific conductive lines configured to communicate electrical signals with the transmitter optical assembly; and receiver specific conductive lines configured to communicate electrical signals with the receiver optical assembly.