Intel Corporation

Alexander Pogrebinsky

Adee Ofir Ran

Dror Lazar

Ehud Udi Shoor

Ariel Cohen

Yoel Krupnik

Ram Livne

Lior Horwitz

Ro'ee Eitan

Vladislav Tsirkin

Tomer Fael

Gil Afriat

Assaf Issachar

Roi Bar

Rushdy A Saba

One embodiment provides an enhanced slicer. The enhanced slicer includes a first clocked comparator circuitry and a current path circuitry. The first clocked comparator circuitry includes a first comparator circuitry, a first latch circuitry, a first output node (Out_P) and a second output node (Out_N). The current path circuitry is coupled to the output nodes and a reference node. The current path circuitry is to enhance current flow between at least one of the output nodes and the reference node, in response to a clock signal.

Slicer and decision feedback equalization circuitry

An optical transceiver includes an optical IC coupled to a processor IC. For transmit, the optical IC can be understood as a transmitter IC including a laser device or array. For receive, the optical IC can be understood as a receiver IC including a photodetector/photodiode device or array. For a transmitter IC, the processor IC includes a driver for a laser of the transmitter IC. The driver includes an equalizer that applies high frequency gain to a signal transmitted with the laser device. For a receiver IC, the processor IC includes a front end circuit to interface with a photodetector of the receiver IC. The front end circuit includes an equalizer that applies high frequency gain to a signal received by the receiver IC. The driver can be configurable to receive a laser having either orientation: ground termination or supply termination.

Optical transceiver with equalization and controllable laser interconnection interface

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