COUPLING OPTICAL SIGNALS INTO SILICON OPTOELECTRONIC CHIPS
First Claim
1. A method for processing signals, the method comprising:
- in a photonic receiver comprising a silicon photonic chip bonded to a substrate, coupling one or more optical signals into a back surface of said silicon photonic chip through a light path in a region where silicon is removed from said silicon photonic chip, wherein photonic devices are integrated in said silicon photonic chip and said one or more optical signals are received by one or more optical couplers at said front surface of said silicon photonic chip.
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Abstract
A method and system for coupling optical signals into silicon optoelectronic chips are disclosed and may include coupling one or more optical signals into a back surface of a CMOS photonic chip comprising photonic, electronic, and optoelectronic devices. The devices may be integrated in a front surface of the chip and one or more optical couplers may receive the optical signals in the front surface of the chip. The optical signals may be coupled into the back surface of the chip via one or more optical fibers and/or optical source assemblies. The optical signals may be coupled to the grating couplers via a light path etched in the chip, which may be refilled with silicon dioxide. The chip may be flip-chip bonded to a packaging substrate. Optical signals may be reflected back to the grating couplers via metal reflectors, which may be integrated in dielectric layers on the chip.
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1. A method for processing signals, the method comprising:
in a photonic receiver comprising a silicon photonic chip bonded to a substrate, coupling one or more optical signals into a back surface of said silicon photonic chip through a light path in a region where silicon is removed from said silicon photonic chip, wherein photonic devices are integrated in said silicon photonic chip and said one or more optical signals are received by one or more optical couplers at said front surface of said silicon photonic chip. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for processing signals, the system comprising:
a photonic receiver comprising a silicon photonic chip bonded to a die, said silicon photonic chip having photonic devices integrated in said silicon photonic chip and a light path in a region where silicon is removed from a back surface of said silicon photonic chip, wherein one or more optical signals are coupled into said back surface of said silicon photonic chip via said light path, and one or more optical couplers at said front surface of said silicon photonic chip are operable to receive said one or more optical signals. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system for processing signals, the system comprising:
a photonic receiver comprising a silicon photonic chip with photonic devices integrated beneath a stack of dielectric layers in said silicon photonic chip, wherein said silicon photonic chip is bonded to a second chip; and
wherein one or more optical couplers integrated beneath a metal reflector embedded in said dielectric layers receive one or more optical signals coupled into a back surface of said silicon photonic chip through a region where silicon is removed from said silicon photonics chip.
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