Patent Document ID: 20150098710
Application ID: 14480085
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A transceiver chip for communication at a data rate of 10 Gbps or higher over a fiber optic, the transceiver chip comprising: a host interface for receiving digital data in electrical form at a data rate of 10 Gbps or higher, the received digital data in a host format; a laser driver port for generating an electrical signal modulated by the received data in electrical form, the electrical signal suitable for driving a laser driver; transmit path circuitry coupled between the host interface and the laser driver port; a TIA port for receiving an electrical signal from a transimpedance amplifier, the electrical signal modulated by data at a data rate of 10 Gbps or higher; and receive path circuitry coupled between the TIA port and the host interface, the host interface further for transmitting digital data in electrical form at a data rate of 10 Gbps or higher, the transmitted digital data also in the host format.