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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2013
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Jeffrey P. Gambino, Westford, VT (US);
Robert K. Leidy, Burlington, VT (US);
Steven M. Shank, Jericho, VT (US);
GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC., Grand Cayman, KY;
Abstract
An integrated waveguide structure with perforated chip edge seal and methods of manufacture are disclosed herein. The structure includes a guard ring structure surrounding an active region of an integrated circuit chip. The structure further includes a gap in the guard ring structure which is located at a predetermined level of the integrated circuit chip. The structure further includes a waveguide structure formed on a substrate of the integrated circuit chip. The structure further includes a fiber optic optically coupled to the waveguide structure through the gap formed in the guard ring structure.