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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2016
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Hung-Chang Yu, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Kai-Chun Lin, Hsinchu, TW;
Yu-Der Chih, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Ying-Hao Kuo, Hsinchu, TW;
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LIMITED, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Abstract
A semiconductor arrangement and a method of forming the same are described. A semiconductor arrangement includes a first layer including a first optical transceiver and a second layer including a second optical transceiver. A first serializer/deserializer (SerDes) is connected to the first optical transceiver and a second SerDes is connected to the second optical transceiver. The SerDes converts parallel data input into serial data output including a clock signal that the first transceiver transmits to the second transceiver. The semiconductor arrangement has a lower area penalty than traditional intra-layer communication arrangements that do not use optics for alignment, and mitigates alignment issues associated with conventional techniques.