ADVANCED INTEGRATED CIRCUITS, MODULES AND COMPONENTS, NAMELY, SINGLE-CHIP MULTIFUNCTIONAL UNITS SUCH AS MULTIPLEXERS WITH INTEGRATED CLOCK MULTIPLIER UNITS AND DEMULTIPLEXERS WITH INTEGRATED CLOCK MULTIPLIER UNITS AND DEMULTIPLEXERS WITH INTEGRATED CLOCK AND DATA RECOVERY UNITS, MULTI-CHIP MODULES COMPRISED OF LIMITING MODULATOR DRIVERS, CLOCK DRIVERS AND CLOCK AND DATA RECOVERY UNITS, VERY LARGE SCALE INTEGRATION DEVICES SUCH AS DIGITAL WRAPPERS, HIGHER LEVEL SUBASSEMBLIES, AND MULTI-UNIT DEVICES COMBINING TWO OR MORE OF THE AFOREMENTIONED PRODUCTS INTO A SINGLE DEVICE; THESE DEVICES ARE USED ARE USED IN DATA AND TELECOMMUNICATION INTERFACES INVOLVING OPTICAL AND ELECTRONIC SIGNAL TRANSMISSIONS