Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method for controlling optical power and extinction ratio over entire temperature range
- Patent Title (中): 在整个温度范围内控制光功率和消光比的方法
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Application No.: US13584952Application Date: 2012-08-14
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Publication No.: US08855484B2Publication Date: 2014-10-07
- Inventor: Wei-Hung Tsai
- Applicant: Wei-Hung Tsai
- Applicant Address: TW Hsinchu
- Assignee: Alpha Networks Inc.
- Current Assignee: Alpha Networks Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsinchu
- Agency: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC
- Priority: TW101107290A 20120305
- Main IPC: H04B10/08
- IPC: H04B10/08 ; H04B17/00 ; H04B10/00

Abstract:
The present invention is to provide a method applicable to a fiber-optic transceiver including a transmitter optical subassembly (TOSA) provided therein with a laser diode, but without a monitoring photodiode, a laser driver controlled by a controller IC for driving the laser diode to generate a laser beam, and a thermal sensor for sensing temperature of the laser diode. The method includes executing an approximation process to characteristic data, i.e. threshold currents of the laser diode at a plurality of specific temperatures and corresponding slope efficiencies (SE), provided by manufacturer for obtaining relationship therebetween over entire temperature range, manually adjusting operation parameters (such as bias current and modulation current) of the laser diode for generating expected optical power and extinction ratio at a normal temperature and for subsequently determining the operation parameters over the entire temperature range, and writing the relationship and operation parameters thus obtained into the controller IC.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130230314A1 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPTICAL POWER AND EXTINCTION RATIO OVER ENTIRE TEMPERATURE RANGE Public/Granted day:2013-09-05
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