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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2016
Applicant:
Alcatel-lucent Usa Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Alcatel-Lucent USA Zinc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/50 (2013.01); H04B 10/564 (2013.01); H04B 10/524 (2013.01); H04L 7/00 (2006.01); H01S 5/042 (2006.01); H01S 5/062 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/564 (2013.01); H01S 5/0427 (2013.01); H04B 10/504 (2013.01); H04B 10/524 (2013.01); H04L 7/0075 (2013.01); H01S 5/06213 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various embodiments of an optical transmitter and a method of operating an optical transmitter are disclosed. In one embodiment, the optical transmitter includes a laser and a laser driver configured to drive the laser using either a voltage driving topology (CDT) or a current-driving topology (VDT). The laser driver includes a switch that is configured to switch between the CDT and the CDT based on an operating frequency of the optical transmitter.