摘要:
A method to control an LD (laser diode) is disclosed. The method compares the operating temperature of the LD with a transition temperature. When the former temperature exceeds the latter, the modulation current is set based on the bias current, which is independently determined by the APC loop. On the other hand, the operating temperature is less than the transition temperature; the modulation current is determined by the operating temperature.
摘要:
A method to control an LD (laser diode) is disclosed. The method compares the operating temperature of the LD with a transition temperature. When the former temperature exceeds the latter, the modulation current is set based on the bias current, which is independently determined by the APC loop. On the other hand, the operating temperature is less than the transition temperature; the modulation current is determined by the operating temperature.
摘要:
An effective algorithm for the CPU with a flash memory is disclosed to shorten a dead time to erase the flash memory and to write new data therein. The flash memory of the invention provides front and back blocks for the user data area. When the front block is filled, the back block is erased just after the front block is fully filled in advance to receive a new data next to be written.
摘要:
An optical transmitter is disclosed that provides a function to resume the APC operation automatically when the failure of the APC operation is due to the thermal runaway of the device in the APC loop. The controller included in the transmitter always monitors the bias current supplied to the LD, and the optical output from the LD. When the bias current exceeds a threshold, the controller decides whether the abnormal is due to the temporary thermal runaway or the fatal failure of the device within the APC loop, and begins to sense the ambient temperature of the LD for appropriate resuming after the thermal runaway is cleared.
摘要:
The present invention discloses an optical transmitter that provides a function to vary the rate of the increase of the bias and modulation currents and their practical values during the APC feedback loop is left unstable without prolonging this unstable period. The optical transmitter of the invention includes a controller configured to read initial parameters from the memory, to increase the bias and modulation currents in stepwise based on thus read initial parameters, and to begin the automatic feedback control to keep the optical output from the laser diode constant after the bias and modulation currents reach their temporarily target values.
摘要:
The present invention provides an optical transmitter that enables to distinguish failure modes of the auto-power control (APC) of the laser diode (LD). The transmitter provides the APC circuit comprised of the driver for supplying the driving current, the LD, the PD for monitoring a portion of the output light from the LD, and the control unit for setting the driving current. The control unit monitors, at regular intervals, the bias current to the LD and the time differential of the bias current. The control unit only stops the APC circuit when both the bias current and the time differential of the bias current exceed respective references.
摘要:
The preset invention provides an optical data link that prevents the internal I2C bus system from being hung up. The data link provides a CPU able to receive a reset signal and an IC (PHY) to control the physical layer to communicate with the outside of the data link, and they are coupled via the internal I2C bus system. When the data link receives a reset signal, the PHY behaves as the slave device, while, the controller behaves as the master device to output dummy clocks on the clock line of the I2C bus so as to sweep left data on the data line of the I2C bus.
摘要:
An optical receiver implemented with two electronic dispersion compensators (EDC) is disclosed. The optical receiver selects one of the EDC in an ordinary operation. Once there shaped signal compensated by the selected EDC is degraded due to irregular conditions of the optical transmission line, the optical transmitter and so on, the optical receiver reconfigures the tap coefficients of the unselected EDC and switches to the newly configured EDC after setting the tap coefficients for the new condition of the transmission line and the transmitter.
摘要:
The present invention is to provide a control algorithm of a thermo-electric cooler (TEC) for a laser diode (LD) where a rush current accompanied with the stepwise change of the target temperature of the TEC. First, the controller stops the TEC driver prior to the setting of the target temperature, and sets the present temperature of the LD. Subsequently, the controller gradually increases the reference temperature of the TEC in stepwise to the target temperature. Thus, the controller suppresses the rush current accompanied with the instantaneous increase of the reference temperature of the TEC.
摘要:
This invention provides an automatic power control (APC) circuit for keeping an extinction ratio constant even when the efficiency of a laser diode (LD) deteriorates. The APC circuit according to this invention stores first control data for deciding the relationship between a bias current Ib and a modulation current Im so that the extinction ratio under a certain target power is a predetermined value. A central processing unit (CPU) decides the bias current Ib and modulation current Im on the basis of a current optical output power and the first control data and supplies them to an LD driver. The APC circuit also stores second control data for deciding the correction value for the optical output power corresponding to the temperature of the LD. The CPU acquires the current temperature before deciding the bias current Ib, decides a correction value corresponding to the current temperature according to the second control data, and corrects the target power. Thereafter, the CPU computes the bias current Ib on the basis of the corrected target power.