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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2004
Filed:
May. 30, 2002
Kishore K. Chakravorty, San Jose, CA (US);
Johanna Swan, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Brandon C. Barnett, Beaverton, OR (US);
Joseph F. Ahadian, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Thomas P. Thomas, Beaverton, OR (US);
Ian Young, Portland, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A package allowing both electrical and optical coupling between one or more integrated circuits and a printed circuit board (PCB) has an optical waveguide structures in addition to electrical connections. An optically active device is flip-chip bonded directly to an integrated circuit using solder bump technology. The optically active device has a lens attached to it to facilitate optical coupling to the optical waveguide. The integrated circuit is flip-chip bonded to a Ball Grid Array (BGA) package. The BGA package is bonded to the PCB using solder reflow technology.