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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2009
Applicants:
Hengju Cheng, Mountain View, CA (US);
Peter Kirkpatrick, San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Hengju Cheng, Mountain View, CA (US);
Peter Kirkpatrick, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A driver circuit is coupled to an optical waveguide transmitter. The driver circuit has a current generator that is in series with the transmitter, and a current robbing circuit is coupled to the transmitter. The current robbing circuit is to divert first and second amounts of current from the transmitter, in accordance with predetermined values of first and second bit streams, respectively, in which data is received to be transmitted. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.