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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2022
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jeremy D. Witmer, San Jose, CA (US);
Alfredo Bismuto, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jeffrey T. Hill, Los Altos, CA (US);
Junkyo Suh, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Yigit O. Yilmaz, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/423 (2013.01);
Abstract
A photonic integrated circuit including multiple elements formed by different processes onto separate chips can be manufactured by defining, via photolithography processes for example, complementary geometries onto each separate chip. Thereafter, the complementary geometries can be aligned and engaged, thereby optically and mechanically intercoupling the several chips to define a single photonic integrated circuit.