Patent ID: 7548675

Claim:
A digital optical cable for coupling a digital source device with a digital sink device, the digital optical cable comprising: a single optical fiber having a first end and a second end; a first interface integrated with a first end of the digital optical cable and configured to connect to and disconnect from a receptacle of the digital source device, the first interface comprising: circuitry contained within the first interface and configured to serialize at least three TMDS electrical signals including R, G, and B electrical signals received from the digital source device into a single electrical serialized signal; and an optical transmitter contained within the first interface and configured to receive the electrical serialized signal, convert the electrical serialized signal to an optical signal, and transmit the optical signal onto the first end of the optical fiber; and a second interface integrated with a second end of the digital optical cable and configured to connect to and disconnect from a receptacle of the digital sink device, the second interface comprising: an optical receiver contained within the second interface and configured to receive the optical signal transmitted by the optical transmitter from the second end of the optical fiber and convert the optical signal back to the electrical serialized signal; and circuitry contained within the second interface and configured to receive the electrical serialized signal and deserialize the electrical serialized signal back into the at least three TMDS signals including R, G, and B electrical signals received from the digital source device and transmit the electrical signals to the digital sink device.