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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2016
Applicant:
Integrated Device Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Samuel Aloysius Steidl, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Emad Afifi, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Integrated Device Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 5/042 (2006.01); H01S 5/062 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 5/0427 (2013.01); H01S 5/06226 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed is a circuit having a high speed laser driver circuit, a semiconductor laser electrically connected to the high speed laser driver circuit, and an adjustable termination circuit electrically connected between the high speed laser driver circuit and the semiconductor laser, where the adjustable termination circuit is configured to control an output impedance seen by the semiconductor laser as a function of an input current provided to the adjustable termination circuit.