Patent ID: 8208814

Claim:
A method of configuring an optical transceiver, the method comprising: calculating a first target current for transmitting a digital one; calculating a second target current for transmitting a digital zero; calculating a modulation current; calculating a bias current, wherein each of the calculating the first target current for transmitting a digital one, the calculating the second target current for transmitting a digital zero, the calculating a modulation current, and the calculating the bias current are based at least in part on a temperature, and wherein the calculating the first target current and the calculating the second target current are independent of each other, wherein the calculating the modulation current and the calculating the bias current is performed at least in part by subtracting a bias from the temperature; and providing the first target current for transmitting a digital one, the second target current for transmitting a digital zero, the modulation current, and the bias current to the optical transceiver as initial values for transmitting data.