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US 2001/0032984 A1Published application
Optoelectric integrated device having a three-dimensional solid configuration
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMamoru Uchida
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Abstract
An optoelectric integrated device includes a three-dimensional solid semiconductor crystal, such as a silicon ball, and a plurality of optical devices including a light-emitting device and a light-receiving device integrated on the surface of the semiconductor crystal. Light is emitted and received between the light-emitting device and the light-receiving device through the interior of the semiconductor crystal used as an optical wiring medium.
Claims15
An optoelectric integrated device comprising:
- a three-dimensional solid semiconductor crystal;
- and
- a plurality of optical devices, including a light-emitting device and a light-receiving device, said optical devices being integrated on a surface of said semiconductor crystal,
- wherein light is emitted and received between said light-emitting device and said light-receiving device through an interior of said semiconductor crystal which is used as optical wiring medium.
1 more element
An optoelectric integrated device comprising:
- a silicon (Si) ball;
- a plurality of optical devices, including a light-emitting device and a light-receiving device, said light-emitting device having an oscillation wavelength longer than a bandgap wavelength of said Si ball;
- and
- an electronic device, said electronic device having at least one function selected from the group of switching on and off said light-emitting device, converting light received by said light-receiving device into an electric signal, and performing at least one arithmetic or logical operation on the basis of the electric signal, and said optical devices and said electronic device being integrated on a surface of said Si ball,
- wherein light is emitted and received between said light-emitting device and said light-receiving device through an interior of said Si ball which is used as optical wiring medium.
2 more elements
An optoelectric integrated device comprising:
- a spherical semiconductor;
- and
- at least one of a light-emitting device for emitting signal light into an interior of said spherical semiconductor and a light-receiving device for receiving signal light transmitted through the interior of said spherical semiconductor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.