Application-specific optoelectronic integrated circuit
First Claim
1. An integrated circuit comprising:
- at least one chip member having a predefined pattern of building block components arranged thereon, said building block components being separate and independent from each other, said building block components having external connection points; and
a substrate member in communication with predetermined external connection points of said at least one chip member, said substrate member having a predefined pattern of circuit sections for modifying and selectively connecting selected building block components in said predefined pattern of building block components to each other thereby defining an application-specific integrated circuit.
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Abstract
An application-specific rf optoelectronic integrated circuit having a generic chip member and a defining substrate in communication with at least one generic chip member. The generic chip member contains passive building block components that are independent from each other and being connected by paths external to the generic chip member. The external connection paths are defined by a defining substrate member having passive components for providing optical and electrical interconnection between selected building block components on the generic chip member to define the specific function of the integrated circuit. It is possible to use the same design of the generic chip for several applications merely by altering the interconnect paths on a defining substrate.
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10 Claims
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1. An integrated circuit comprising:
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at least one chip member having a predefined pattern of building block components arranged thereon, said building block components being separate and independent from each other, said building block components having external connection points; and
a substrate member in communication with predetermined external connection points of said at least one chip member, said substrate member having a predefined pattern of circuit sections for modifying and selectively connecting selected building block components in said predefined pattern of building block components to each other thereby defining an application-specific integrated circuit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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