Configurable multi-rate format for communication system for silicon photonics
View Patent ↗In an example, the present invention includes an integrated system on chip device. The device has a data input/output interface provided on the substrate member and configured for a predefined data rate and protocol. In an example, the data input/output interface is configured for number of lanes numbered from four to one hundred and fifty. In an example, the SerDes block is configured to convert a first data stream of N into a second data stream of M such that each of the first data stream having a first predefined data rate at a first clock rate and each of the second data stream having a second predefined data rate at a second clock rate.
1. A device comprising:
a data input/output interface provided on a substrate member and configured for a predefined data rate and protocol;
an input/output block provided on the substrate member coupled to the data input/output interface, the input/output block configured to convert N first data streams into M second data streams, each of the first data streams having a first predefined data rate at a first clock rate and each of the second data streams having a second predefined data rate at a second clock rate;
a signal processing block provided on the substrate member and coupled to the input/output block the signal processing block executing a wavelength divisional scheme to produce a data packet modulated with a multi-channel-multi-bitrate;
a driver module provided on the substrate member and coupled to the signal processing block using a uni-directional multi-lane bus, the driver module selected from a current driver or a voltage driver;
a receiver module provided on the substrate member and coupled to a silicon photonics device, the receiver module configured to the signal processing block to communicate information to the input/output block for transmission through the data input/output interface.
2. The device of claim 1 further comprising a broad band source in optical communication with the receiver module.
3. The device of claim 1 wherein the receiver module is coupled to the silicon photonics device using a loop back signal.
4. The device of claim 3 wherein the receiver module comprises a TIA block coupled to the silicon photonics device using the loop back signal through an isolation switch.
5. The device of claim 1 wherein the driver module comprises a differential driver.
6. The device of claim 1 wherein the silicon photonic device is configured to convert the output data into an output transport data in a WDM signal.
7. The device of claim 1 further comprising:
a communication block provided on the substrate member and operably coupled to the input/output block, the signal processing block, and the receiver module; and
a control block provided on the substrate member and coupled to the communication block.
8. A method comprising:
using a device configured for a multi-rate and selected format of data communication, comprising:
a data input/output interface provided on a substrate member and configured for a predefined data rate and protocol;
an input/output block provided on the substrate member and coupled to the data input/output interface, the input/output block configured to convert N first data streams into M second data streams, each of the first data streams having a first predefined data rate at a first clock rate and each of the second data streams having a second predefined data rate at a second clock rate;
a signal processing block provided on the substrate member and coupled to the input/output block the signal processing block executing a wavelength divisional scheme to produce a data packet modulated with a multi-channel-multi-bit rate;
a driver module provided on the substrate member and coupled to the signal processing block using a uni-directional multi-lane bus, the driver module selected from a current driver or a voltage driver;
a receiver module provided on the substrate member and coupled to a silicon photonics device, the receiver module configured to the signal processing block to communicate information to the input/output block for transmission through the data input/output interface;
a communication block provided on the substrate member and operably coupled to the input/output block, the signal processing block, and the receiver module;
a control block provided on the substrate member and coupled to the communication block;
initiating a signal from the control block to initiate a laser bias or a modulator bias; and tuning, using the control block, the silicon photonics device.
9. The method of claim 8 wherein the driver module is a differential driver.
10. The method of claim 8 wherein:
the silicon photonic device is configured to convert the output data into an output transport data in a WDM signal.
11. The method claim 8 further comprising a broad band source in optical communication with the receiver module.
12. The method claim 8 wherein the receiver module is coupled to the silicon photonics device using a loop back signal.
13. The method claim 12 wherein the loop back signal is from an optical tap coupler.