Patent ID: 7486894

Claim:
An optical transceiver module, comprising: a serial electrical interface with an electrical output port and an electrical input port; a receive 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 signal and a second port coupled to receive a reference clock signal, the receiver eye opener being adapted to retime and reshape the first serial electrical data stream using the reference clock signal; 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: an electrical input port of the serial electrical interface adapted to receive a second serial electrical data stream from external to the transceiver module; a transmitter eye opener including a first port coupled to receive the second serial electrical data stream and a second port coupled to receive the reference clock signal, the transmitter eye opener being adapted to retime and reshape the second serial electrical data stream using the reference clock signal; and an optical output port adapted to transmit a second optical signal to external to the transceiver module, the second optical signal based on the retimed and reshaped second serial electrical data stream.