Patent ID: 8666257

Claim:
An optoelectronic device having one or more optical components and one or more electrical components, the device comprising: a device housing surrounding: an intelligent transmitter module including: a clock and data recovery circuit for receiving, equalizing, and retiming an electrical data signal; a driver operably connected to the clock and data recovery circuit and configured to generate a modulation signal from the electrical data signal; a laser operably connected to the driver and configured to emit an optical data signal representative of the electrical data signal; and one or both of: a linear amplifier operably connected between the driver and the laser, the linear amplifier configured to receive and amplify the modulation signal; and a microcontroller configured to control operation of the intelligent transmitter module, wherein the clock and data recovery circuit, the driver, and the linear amplifier are integrated into an integrated package; a printed circuit board positioned outside the integrated package and operably connected to the intelligent transmitter module for carrying the electrical data signal to the intelligent transmitter module; and coupled to the printed circuit board, one or more of: a field programmable gate array for performing one or more programmable functions in the optoelectronic device; a digital signal processor for processing the electrical data signal; a memory chip; a video integrated circuit; a wireless interface for receiving a wireless data signal and generating the electrical data signal therefrom; a radio frequency interface for receiving a radio frequency data signal and generating the electrical data signal therefrom; a variable optical attenuator operably coupled to an optical output of the intelligent transmitter module for reducing a power of the emitted optical data signal; a semiconductor optical amplifier operably coupled to the optical output of the intelligent transmitter module for increasing the power of the emitted optical data signal; a polarization controller configured to control the polarization of the emitted optical data signal; and an optical power monitoring device configured to monitor the power of the emitted optical data signal, the optoelectronic device configured to comply with a size and power limitations of a standardized form factor or a telecommunication standard.