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Stiffener device providing external connections to co-packaged optical devices

US11391897B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Cisco Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

Vipulkumar Patel · Emmaus, US
Paul Ton · New York, US
Aparna R. PRASAD · San Jose, US
Norbert SCHLEPPLE · Allentown, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 23, 2020
Grant date	Jul 19, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 23, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B6/4269
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Aspects described herein include an apparatus comprising a substrate, an electronic integrated circuit (IC) disposed on the substrate, one or more optical ICs disposed on the substrate and communicatively coupled with the electronic IC, and a stiffener device attached to the substrate. The stiffener device comprises a stiffener ring that substantially circumscribes the one or more optical ICs. The stiffener device defines one or more features configured to receive a plurality of light-carrying media that optically couple with the one or more optical ICs and that extend to one or more lateral edges of the stiffener device.

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