Optoelectronic device and method of transmitting optical signal
AssigneeAdvanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.
InventorsHung-Chun Kuo, Jung Jui Kang, Chiu-Wen Lee, Shih-Yuan Sun, Chang Chi Lee, Chun-Yen Ting
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Abstract
An optoelectronic device is provided. The optoelectronic device includes a plurality of first waveguides and a plurality of second waveguides. The plurality of first waveguides are configured to receive a first plurality of optical signals. The plurality of second waveguides are configured to transmit a second plurality of optical signals. The plurality of first waveguides extend substantially along a first direction and the plurality of second waveguides extend substantially along a second direction different from and non-parallel with the first direction.
Claims12
An optoelectronic device, comprising:
- a plurality of first waveguides configured to receive a first plurality of optical signals;
- a plurality of second waveguides configured to transmit a second plurality of optical signals, wherein the plurality of first waveguides extend substantially along a first direction and the plurality of second waveguides extend substantially along a second direction different from and non-parallel with the first direction;
- an optoelectronic module having a first side and a second side different from the first side, wherein one of the plurality of first waveguides is optically coupled with the first side of the optoelectronic module;
- wherein one of the plurality of second waveguides is optically coupled with the second side of the optoelectronic module, and wherein the optoelectronic module further comprises:
- a photonic component optically coupled with the one of the plurality of first waveguides and the one of the plurality of second waveguides;
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- a first electronic component signally coupled with the photonic component, wherein the photonic component and the first electronic component are collectively configured to convert one of the first plurality of optical signals transmitted by the one of the plurality of first waveguides to an electrical signal.
An optoelectronic device, comprising:
- a plurality of first waveguides configured to receive a first plurality of optical signals;
- and
- a plurality of second waveguides configured to transmit a second plurality of optical signals, wherein the plurality of first waveguides extend substantially along a first direction and the plurality of second waveguides extend substantially along a second direction different from and non-parallel with the first direction;
- a receiver configured to transmit the first plurality of optical signals and the second plurality of optical signals;
- a first optoelectronic module optically coupled with the receiver and configured to process one of the first plurality of optical signals;
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- a second optoelectronic module optically coupled with the receiver and configured to process one of the second plurality of optical signals,
- wherein one of the plurality of first waveguides is optically coupled with the receiver, the first optoelectronic module and the second optoelectronic module,
- and wherein a wavelength of the first plurality of optical signals is different from a wavelength of the second plurality of optical signals, and a distance between the first optoelectronic module and the receiver is different from a distance between the second optoelectronic module and the receiver.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.