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US 12,665,023 B2Granted
Electronic device
AssigneeAdvanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.
InventorsYing-Chung Chen, Shih-Chieh Tang, Lu-Ming Lai
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Abstract
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first photonic component, a memory module, and a plurality of processing units. The memory module includes a plurality of memory components supported by the first photonic component. The processing units are distributed at a periphery of the memory module, wherein the memory module is configured to be accessed by at least two of the processing units through the first photonic component.
Claims20
An electronic device, comprising:
- a first photonic component;
- a memory module comprising a plurality of memory components supported by the first photonic component;
- a plurality of processing units distributed at a periphery of the memory module, wherein the memory module is configured to be accessed by at least two of the processing units through the first photonic component;
- a second photonic component electrically connected to at least one of the plurality of processing units and configured to optically couple to the first photonic component;
- an optical component configured to provide a first optical source signal to the first photonic component and a second optical source signal to the second photonic component;
- and
- an optical connector configured to actively optically align the first photonic component to the second photonic component to provide the second optical source signal to the second photonic component, wherein a distance between the optical connector and the first photonic component is less than a thickness of the optical connector.
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An electronic device, comprising:
- a memory module comprising a plurality of memory components;
- and
- a first processing unit disposed adjacent to the memory module, wherein the first processing unit comprises a first processing component and a second processing component configured to access different ones of the memory components through optical communication which is operated by the following:
- a first photonic component supporting and electrically connected the memory module;
- a second photonic component supporting and electrically connected to the first processing unit;
- and
- an optical connector configured to passively optically align the first photonic component to the second photonic component, wherein a distance between the optical connector and the first photonic component is less than a thickness of the optical connector.
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An electronic device, comprising:
- a carrier;
- a memory module over the carrier;
- and
- a plurality of processing units over the carrier, wherein the memory module is configured to be accessed by each of the processing units through optical communication which is operated by the following:
- a first photonic component supporting and electrically connected the memory module;
- a second photonic component supporting and electrically connected to at least one of the processing units;
- and
- an optical connector configured to passively optically align the first photonic component to the second photonic component, wherein a distance between the optical connector and the first photonic component is less than a thickness of the optical connector.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.