Photonic flexible interconnect

摘要

Embodiments of the invention describe a silicon photonic interconnect, formed from an SOI substrate, having a waveguide for receiving optical data from an integrated circuit. Said photonic interconnect may comprise a flexible interconnect including a polymer layer disposed on the SOI substrate. Said photonic interconnect may include an optical fiber component to send/receive optical data to/from optical components or devices.

<Paragraphs id="pa02" num="0002" xmlns:base="http://www.sipo.gov.cn/XMLSchema/base">The waveguide of the silicon photonic interconnect may be formed for butt or evanescent coupling to the integrated circuit, may include an optical grating for coupling to the integrated circuit, or may include an etched taper for providing an adiabatic transition to a waveguide of the integrated circuit. The optical fiber interconnect component may be a taper to create large, fiber matched mode sizes or v-groove arrangements to enable alignment of optical fibers, or may include vertical couplers or evanescent couplers mode matched to optical fibers or fiber receptacles.