Packaging and assembly method for optical coupling
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
- a substrate having a plurality of connection means disposed on an underside thereof and an aperture defined therethrough;
an integrated circuit having an underside flip-bonded to a topside of the substrate; and
an optically active device flip-bonded to the underside of the integrated circuit to generate or receive an optical signal passing through the aperture in the substrate.
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Abstract
A package allowing both electrical and optical coupling between one or more integrated circuits and a printed circuit board (PCB) has optical waveguide structures in addition to electrical connections. An optically active device may be flip-bonded directly to an integrated circuit using solder bump technology. The integrated circuit then flip-bonded or wire-bonded to a BGA package. The package has alignment rails or balls and V-grooves to anchor the alignment rails/balls to align the BGA package to the PCB. The BGA package is bonded to the PCB using solder reflow technology.
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
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a substrate having a plurality of connection means disposed on an underside thereof and an aperture defined therethrough;
an integrated circuit having an underside flip-bonded to a topside of the substrate; and
an optically active device flip-bonded to the underside of the integrated circuit to generate or receive an optical signal passing through the aperture in the substrate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An apparatus, comprising:
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a substrate having a plurality of connection means disposed on an underside thereof and an optical via defined therethrough;
an optically active device flip-bonded to a topside of the substrate and positioned to receive or emit an optical signal via the optical via; and
an integrated circuit flip-bonded to the topside of the substrate next to the optically active device. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An apparatus, comprising:
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a substrate having a plurality of connection means disposed on an underside thereof;
an integrated circuit wire-bonded to the underside of the substrate; and
an optically active device flip-bonded to the integrated circuit. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A method, comprising:
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flip-bonding an optically active device to an integrated circuit;
aligning the optically active device to a clearance in a substrate; and
flip-bonding the integrated circuit to the substrate. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32)
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33. A method, comprising:
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aligning an optically active device to a clearance in a substrate;
flip-bonding the optically active device to the substrate; and
flip-bonding an integrated circuit to the substrate next to the optically active device. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A method, comprising:
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flip-bonding an optically active device to an integrated circuit; and
wire-bonding the integrated circuit to an underside of a substrate having a plurality of connection means disposed on the underside thereof; and
encapsulating the optically active device and the integrated circuit to form a packaged component including an optical via disposed on the underside of the packaged component to enable light signals to be emitted from or received by the optically active device. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40)
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41. A method, comprising:
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drilling an optical via in a substrate;
filling the optical via with an underfill polymer;
grinding excess underfill polymer;
aligning an optically active device to the optical via;
flip-bonding the optically active device to the substrate; and
flip-bonding an integrated circuit to the substrate next to the optically active device. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43)
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