Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Adaptive optical interconnection of components of an electro-optical circuit
- Patent Title (中): 电光电路部件的自适应光互连
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Application No.: US14941856Application Date: 2015-11-16
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Publication No.: US09389362B1Publication Date: 2016-07-12
- Inventor: Thomas J. Brunschwiler , Antonio La Porta , Bert J. Offrein , Jonas R. Weiss
- Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- Agent Daniel Morris
- Main IPC: G02B6/12
- IPC: G02B6/12 ; H01L25/00 ; G02B6/138 ; G02B6/132 ; G02B6/42

Abstract:
Embodiments include a method for interconnecting components of an optical circuit. The method includes arranging the components on a support layer and embedding them within a material, such that portions of the material that is between the components contact the support layer. The obtained components are positioned with a certain inaccuracy with respect to ideal nominal positions thereof. Next, the support layer is removed to reveal one side of the components, on which side the components are level with said portions of said material. Positions of the components are identified and a set of optical polymer waveguides are adaptively fabricated, on the one side, so as for each of the fabricated polymer waveguides to optically connect subsets of two or more of the components, according to the identified positions of the components. The present invention is further directed to related optical circuits or electro-optical circuits of interconnected components.
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