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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2002
Lawrence C. West, Petaluma, CA (US);
Claes Björkman, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Dan Maydan, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Samuel Broydo, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Lawrence C. West, Petaluma, CA (US);
Claes Björkman, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Dan Maydan, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Samuel Broydo, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An optical ready substrate made at least in part of a first semiconductor material and having a front side and a backside, the front side having a top surface that is of sufficient quality to permit microelectronic circuitry to be fabricated thereon using semiconductor fabrication processing techniques. The optical ready substrate includes an optical signal distribution circuit fabricated on the front side of the substrate in a first layer region beneath the top surface of the substrate. The optical signal distribution circuit is made up of interconnected semiconductor photonic elements and designed to provide signals to the microelectronic circuitry to be fabricated thereon.