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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2021
Globalfoundries U.s. Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Nicholas A. Polomoff, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Jae Kyu Cho, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Frank Kuechenmeister, Dresden, DE;
John J. Ellis-Monaghan, Grand Isle, VT (US);
Michal Rakowski, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Structures including an edge coupler and a crackstop, as well as methods of forming a structure including an edge coupler and a crackstop. A waveguide core and a crackstop are located over a top surface of a dielectric layer. A communication passageway is either optically coupled or electrically coupled to the waveguide core. The communication passageway, which may include an electric conductor or a buried waveguide core, extends laterally beneath the crackstop.