This invention discloses a fully hardware-based
optical module equalization chip, belonging to the field of
optical communication technology. Addressing the problems of high
power consumption, high cost, poor security, and low reliability of existing
digital signal processor (DSP) architectures, this invention adopts a pure
hardware architecture. The entire link has no
central processing unit, no DSP, no
microcontroller, no
executable program code, and no programmable logic involved in core
signal processing such as
signal equalization,
clock recovery, and data arbitration. All
control logic is implemented by a pure hardware state
machine, and all
equalization parameters are fixed in a one-time non-
volatile memory before leaving the factory. During operation, no automatic adjustments based on real-
time signal quality feedback are performed, and no adaptive
equalization algorithm based on real-
time signal quality feedback is included. This invention can significantly reduce the
power consumption and cost of optical modules and improve the security and reliability of the
system.