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US 2006/0215726 A1Published application
Integrated optical detector in semiconductor reflector
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsAndrew Alduino, Mario Paniccia, Rami Cohen, Assia Barkai, Ansheng Liu
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Abstract
An electrical-optical coupling and detecting device. An apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a reflective surface defined on semiconductor material. The reflective surface is to reflect an incident optical beam towards an optical destination. An optical detector is monolithically integrated in the reflective surface of the semiconductor material. The optical detector arranged in the reflective surface of the semiconductor material is to detect the incident optical beam.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a reflective surface defined on semiconductor material, the reflective surface to reflect an incident optical beam towards an optical destination;
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- an optical detector monolithically integrated in and/or around the reflective surface of the semiconductor material, the optical detector arranged in the reflective surface of the semiconductor material to detect the incident optical beam.
A method, comprising:
- directing an optical beam towards a semiconductor material;
- substantially reflecting the optical beam from a reflective surface defined in the semiconductor material;
- detecting the optical beam incident on the reflective surface defined in the semiconductor material with a photodetector monolithically integrated in the reflective surface of the semiconductor material;
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- directing the optical beam reflected from the semiconductor material to an optical destination.
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A system, comprising:
- an optical source to generate an optical beam;
- a reflective surface defined on semiconductor material, the reflective surface to reflect the optical beam received from the optical source;
- an optical detector monolithically integrated in the reflective surface of the semiconductor material, the optical detector arranged in the reflective surface of the semiconductor material to detect the incident optical beam;
- an optical fiber disposed in the semiconductor material, the reflective surface to reflect the optical beam received from the optical source into one end of the optical fiber;
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- an optical receiver optically coupled to another end of the optical fiber to receive the optical beam.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.