Apparatus having an off-substrate optical interconnect and methods of making the same
OwnerBrandon C. Barnettinventor
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Abstract
Apparatus having an off-substrate optical interconnect and methods of making the same are disclosed. A disclosed apparatus includes a substrate; a mounting connector mounted to the substrate; an integrated circuit mounted to the mounting connector; an optical transceiver mounted to the mounting connector and coupled to the integrated circuit to export and/or import data from and/or to the integrated circuit; and an optical interconnect coupled to the optical transceiver to export and/or import the data from and/or to the optical transceiver without passing the data through the substrate.
Claims23
A circuit comprising:
- a substrate;
- a mounting connector mounted to the substrate;
- an integrated circuit mounted to the mounting connector;
- an optical transceiver mounted to the mounting connector and coupled to the integrated circuit to import and/or export data to and/or from the integrated circuit;
- and
- an optical interconnect coupled to the optical transceiver to import and/or export the data to and/or from the optical transceiver without passing the data through the substrate.
A method of constructing a circuit comprising:
- mounting an integrated circuit and an optical transceiver on a mounting connector mounted on a substrate, the optical transceiver being coupled to the integrated circuit to export and/or import data to and/or from the integrated circuit;
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- coupling the optical transceiver to an optical interconnect structured to carry data to and/or from the optical transceiver without passing the data through the substrate.
A circuit comprising:
- a substrate;
- a mounting connector mounted to the, substrate;
- an integrated circuit mounted to the mounting connector;
- an optical transceiver mounted to the mounting connector and coupled to the integrated circuit to import and/or export data to and/or from the integrated circuit;
- an optical interconnect coupled to the optical transceiver to import and/or export the data to and/or from the optical transceiver without passing the data through the substrate;
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- a pluggable connector coupled to the optical interconnect.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.