Patent ID: 8891970

Claim:
An optical module comprising: a laser; a memory module comprising a digital representation of operating characteristics of the laser and digital diagnostic parameters including setup, eye safety, fault detection, and temperature compensation; a digital interface coupled to the memory module, the digital interface configured to allow an external digital device to retrieve the digital representation of the operating characteristics of the laser; a mixed signal interface coupled to the laser, the mixed signal interface configured to receive a modulation signal and one or more bias signals from a driving source external to the optical module for driving the laser, the modulation signal and the one or more bias signals being based on the digital representation of the operating characteristics of the laser including operating characteristics of the laser observed upon fabrication of the laser and identification information of the laser; and a modulator circuit internal to the optical module configured to receive at least one of the one or more bias signals and to operate in saturation mode to remove channel effects and jitter in the modulation signal.