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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2014
Applicant:
Analog Devices, Inc., Norwood, MA (US);
Inventors:
James Doscher, Westford, MA (US);
Shrenik Deliwala, Andover, MA (US);
Assignee:
ANALOG DEVICES, INC., Norwood, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/42 (2006.01); G02B 6/12 (2006.01); H01L 23/544 (2006.01); H05B 7/18 (2006.01); H05K 3/30 (2006.01); H01L 31/02 (2006.01); H01L 31/167 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/12 (2013.01); G02B 6/4231 (2013.01); H01L 23/544 (2013.01); H01L 31/02 (2013.01); H01L 31/167 (2013.01); H05B 7/18 (2013.01); H05K 3/303 (2013.01); G02B 6/4214 (2013.01); H01L 2223/54426 (2013.01); H01L 2223/54473 (2013.01); H01L 2224/48091 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10121 (2013.01); H05K 2203/167 (2013.01); Y02P 70/613 (2015.11); Y10T 29/41 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49002 (2015.01); Y10T 29/4913 (2015.01);
Abstract
A method for aligning an opto-electronic component in an IC die with an optical port is disclosed. This is achieved, in various embodiments, by forming alignment features in the IC die that can mate with complementary alignment features of the optical port. The formation of alignment features can be performed at the wafer level during fabrication of the IC die. An optical signal carrier may be optically coupled to the optical port such that the signal carrier may communicate optically with the opto-electronic component.