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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2015
Avago Technologies General Ip (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Georgios Asmanis, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Faouzi Chaahoub, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael A. Robinson, Fremont, CA (US);
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD., Singapore, SG;
Abstract
An optical communication system, circuit, and Integrated Circuit (IC) chip are disclosed. The disclosed optical communication system includes a photodiode configured to receive light energy and convert the light energy into an electrical signal, an amplifier configured to receive the electrical signal from the photodiode and output an amplified electrical signal, and a control circuit comprising a biasing network that generates a modular logic level that scales with a bias voltage of the photodiode.