Apparatus and method for management of calibration data
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- a tunable laser having calibration data associated therewith, the calibration data comprising a calibration table that associates an output wavelength with one or more inputs; and
a calibration tag placed on the tunable laser, the calibration tag having encoded thereon the calibration data or a locator identifying where the calibration data can be found.
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Abstract
An apparatus comprising a device having calibration data associated therewith, and a calibration tag placed on the device, the calibration tag having encoded thereon the calibration data or a locator identifying where the calibration data can be found. A process comprising calibrating a device to obtain a set of calibration data, generating a calibration tag, the calibration tag having encoded thereon the calibration data or a locator identifying where the calibration data can be found, and placing the calibration tag on the device. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
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51 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a tunable laser having calibration data associated therewith, the calibration data comprising a calibration table that associates an output wavelength with one or more inputs; and a calibration tag placed on the tunable laser, the calibration tag having encoded thereon the calibration data or a locator identifying where the calibration data can be found. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An article of manufacture comprising:
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a calibration tag having encoded thereon calibration data or a locator identifying where the calibration data can be found, the calibration data comprising a calibration table that associates an output wavelength with one or more inputs; and means for placing the calibration tag on a tunable laser with which the calibration data is associated. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system comprising:
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a tunable laser having calibration data associated therewith, the calibration data comprising a calibration table that associates an output wavelength with one or more inputs; a calibration tag placed on the tunable laser, the calibration tag having encoded thereon the calibration data or a locator identifying where the calibration data can be found; a reader to retrieve the information from the calibration tag; a processor coupled to the reader to process the information retrieved from the calibration tag; and a device controller coupled to the tunable laser and including a memory, wherein the calibration data is downloaded to the memory by the processor. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A process comprising:
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calibrating a tunable laser to obtain a set of calibration data comprising a calibration table that associates an output wavelength with one or more inputs; generating a calibration tag, the calibration tag having encoded thereon the calibration data or a locator identifying where the calibration data can be found; placing the calibration tag on the tunable laser. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A process comprising:
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reading information from a calibration tag attached to a tunable laser, the tunable laser having calibration data associated therewith and a controller with a memory coupled thereto, and the calibration tag having the calibration data encoded thereon, wherein the calibration data comprises a calibration table that associates an output wavelength with one or more inputs; decoding the information read from the calibration tag to extract the calibration data; and writing the calibration data to the memory. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42)
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43. A process comprising:
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reading information from a calibration tag attached to a tunable laser, the tunable laser having calibration data associated therewith and a controller with a memory coupled thereto, and the calibration tag having encoded thereon a locator identifying where the calibration data can be found, wherein the calibration data comprises a calibration table that associates an output wavelength with one or more inputs; using the information read from the calibration tag, finding a location where the calibration data is stored; and retrieving the calibration data from the location. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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