Semiconductor packages
AssigneeTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
InventorsSheng-Chieh Yang, Ching-Hua Hsieh, Chih-Wei Lin, Yu-Hao Chen
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Abstract
A semiconductor package includes a photonic integrated circuit, an electronic integrated circuit and a waveguide. The photonic integrated circuit includes an optical coupler. The electronic integrated circuit is disposed aside the photonic integrated circuit. The waveguide is optically coupled to the optical coupler, wherein the waveguide is disposed at an edge of the photonic integrated circuit and protrudes from the edge of the photonic integrated circuit.
Claims20
A semiconductor package, comprising:
- a photonic integrated circuit, comprising an optical coupler;
- an electronic integrated circuit, disposed aside the photonic integrated circuit;
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- a waveguide, optically coupled to the optical coupler, wherein the waveguide is disposed at an edge of the photonic integrated circuit and protrudes from the edge of the photonic integrated circuit.
A semiconductor package, comprising:
- a first photonic integrated circuit, comprising a first optical transceiver;
- a second photonic integrated circuit, comprising a second optical transceiver;
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- a waveguide, disposed between and optically coupled to the first optical transceiver and the second optical transceiver.
A semiconductor package, comprising:
- a photonic integrated circuit, comprising an optical transceiver;
- a plurality of electronic integrated circuits, disposed over and electrically connected to the photonic integrated circuit;
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- a waveguide, disposed between the electronic integrated circuits and optically coupled to the optical transceiver.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.