Patent ID: 8478128

Claim:
An optical transceiver module comprising: a serial electrical interface with an electrical output port and an electrical input port; a receiver path comprising: an optical input port adapted to receive a first optical signal from external to the transceiver module; a receiver eye opener including a first port coupled to receive a first serial electrical data stream based on the first optical signals, the receiver eye opener being adapted to detect a data rate of the first serial electrical data stream and to resume and reshape the first serial electrical data stream based on the detected data rate; and the electrical output port of the serial electrical interface adapted to transmit the retimed and reshaped first serial electrical data stream to external to the transceiver module; and a transmit path comprising; a second serial electrical data stream received via the electrical input port from external to the transceiver module; a transmitter eye opener including a first port coupled to receive the second serial electrical data stream, the transmitter eye opener being adapted to retime and reshape the second serial electrical data stream; and a second optical signal transmitted external to the transceiver module via an optical output, the second optical signal based on the retimed and reshaped second serial electrical data stream.