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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2012
Peter DE Dobbelaere, San Diego, CA (US);
Thierry Pinguet, Vashon, WA (US);
Mark Peterson, San Diego, CA (US);
Mark Harrison, Escondido, CA (US);
Alexander G. Dickinson, Laguna Beach, CA (US);
Lawrence C. Gunn, Encinitas, CA (US);
Peter De Dobbelaere, San Diego, CA (US);
Thierry Pinguet, Vashon, WA (US);
Mark Peterson, San Diego, CA (US);
Mark Harrison, Escondido, CA (US);
Alexander G. Dickinson, Laguna Beach, CA (US);
Lawrence C. Gunn, Encinitas, CA (US);
Luxtera Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Abstract
A transceiver comprising a CMOS chip and a plurality of semiconductor lasers coupled with the CMOS chip may be operable to communicate optical source signals from the plurality of semiconductor lasers into the CMOS chip. The source signals may be used to generate first optical signals that may be transmitted from the CMOS chip to optical fibers. Second optical signals may be received from the optical fibers and converted to electrical signals for use by the CMOS chip. The optical source signals may be communicated from the semiconductor lasers into the CMOS chip via optical fibers in to a top surface and the first optical signals may be communicated out of a top surface of the CMOS chip. The first optical signals may be communicated from the CMOS chip via optical couplers, which may comprise grating couplers.