Patent · US Expired

Optical connection for an integrated electronic circuit and application to interconnections of such circuits

US6718079B1 · kind B1 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES · FR

Inventor

Serge Gidon · La Murette, FR

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 31, 2001
Grant date	Apr 6, 2004
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 22, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B6/43
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An optical connection for an integrated electronic circuit and application to interconnections of such circuits. The optical connection includes an optical circuit including an optical waveguide and an optoelectronic component coupled with the optical waveguide. The optical circuit is connected to the integrated electronic circuit by a purely electrical link between the optoelectronic component and the integrated electronic circuit.

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