Die Stack with Optical TSVs
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising:
- a first die comprising;
a laser source for generating a source unmodulated optical beam, andone or more first optical beam routing structures for optically transmitting the source unmodulated optical beam through the first die; and
at least one receiving die comprising;
one or more second optical beam routing structures for optically receiving at least a portion of the source unmodulated optical beam from the one or more first optical beam routing structures,a modulator for generating an output modulated optical beam which is encoded at said modulator in response to electrical signal information, andone or more third optical beam routing structures for optically transmitting the output modulated optical beam signal through the receiving die.
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Abstract
A high density, low power, high performance information system, method and apparatus are described in which a laser source (213) on a first die (210) generates a source light beam of unmodulated monochromatic coherent light (281) for distribution via optical beam routing structures (e.g., 214/214a, 224/224a, 234/234a) to a plurality of receiving die (220, 230), each of which includes its own modulator (e.g., 223, 233) for optically receiving at least a portion of the source light beam (281a, 281b) from the first die and generating therefrom an output source light beam of modulated monochromatic coherent light (291, 292) which is encoded at said modulator in response to electrical signal information.
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20 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a first die comprising; a laser source for generating a source unmodulated optical beam, and one or more first optical beam routing structures for optically transmitting the source unmodulated optical beam through the first die; and at least one receiving die comprising; one or more second optical beam routing structures for optically receiving at least a portion of the source unmodulated optical beam from the one or more first optical beam routing structures, a modulator for generating an output modulated optical beam which is encoded at said modulator in response to electrical signal information, and one or more third optical beam routing structures for optically transmitting the output modulated optical beam signal through the receiving die. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method, comprising:
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generating an unmodulated laser source light beam at a first die in a die stack; transmitting the unmodulated source light beam to a modulator located at a receiving die in the die stack using one or more optical routing structures formed in the die stack; and generating an information-modulated optical signal from the unmodulated source light beam at one of the one or more modulators based on electrical signal information provided to said one of the one or more modulators. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A stacked die device, comprising:
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an optical source die electrically connected to the conductor array and attached to the system board, comprising a laser source for generating an unmodulated source light beam and one or more optical routing structures for optically transmitting the unmodulated source light beam through the optical source die; and a second die connected and attached to the optical source die in a die stack, the second die comprising; a modulator for generating an information-modulated optical signal from the unmodulated source light beam based on electrical signal information provided to said modulator, and one or more optical routing structures for optically receiving the unmodulated source light beam from the optical source die and transmitting the received unmodulated source light beam to the modulator; and a packaging structure attached to the substrate board that at least partially encapsulates the optical source die and the second die formed in a die stack.
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