Abstract: According to the invention, an optical transmission module includes a transmission element, and a driver which drives the transmission element. The driver uses a transmission signal that is applied to its driver input to produce a drive signal for the transmission element. The transmission module furthermore has a control device which drives the driver, and which furthermore, is programmable. A multiplexing device is connected between a signal input of the optical transmission module, the driver input of the driver and the control device, and can be used to switch an input signal, which is applied to the signal input of the transmission module, to the control device or to the driver.

Abstract: The invention relates to a receiver circuit having an optical receiving device, a plurality of amplifiers that are connected to the receiving device, and circuit means or a control circuit for individually activating and deactivating the individual amplifiers. In this case, the amplifiers each differ from one another in at least one parameter such as gain, and only one amplifier is activated at a given point in time, while the other amplifiers are deactivated. The invention makes it possible to match the receiver circuit to widely varying transmission rates.

Abstract: The invention relates to an optoelectronic arrangement having at least one optoelectronic emission component and a monitor component operatively coupled to the emission component to detect at least some radiation radiated by the emission component. A driver circuit of the arrangement is electrically connected to the emission component and the monitor component and a carrier substrate. In this case, the driver circuit is formed as a circuit integrated into the carrier substrate. The monitor component is likewise integrated into the carrier substrate and the emission component is formed as a separate structural part and is arranged on the carrier substrate.