Patent · US Expired

Method of packaging a non-contact I/O signal transmission integrated circuit

US4845052A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 13, 1988
Grant dateJul 4, 1989
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Expiry dateJan 13, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S148/099
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The I/O ports of a packaged IC includes a plurality of optical conduits in the package adjacent electro-optical transmitters and receivers throughout the die spaced from the periphery of the die. The method of assembling the die in the package includes using optical transmitters on the die to align the top of the package and the optical conduits to the die which was previously mounted in the base of the package.

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