Patent 7580434 was granted and assigned to Finisar on August, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Embodiments disclosed herein relate to a dual laser driver architecture configured to be implemented on a single IC chip. The dual laser driver architecture includes at least a first laser driver stage configured to drive a first laser with a first current and a second laser driver stage configured to drive a second laser with a second current that is less than the first current. Embodiments also relate to an optical transceiver that implements the dual laser driver architecture.