Electronic and optical co-packaging of coherent transceiver

US9557478B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ACACIA COMMUNICATIONS, INC. · US

Inventors

• Christopher Doerr · Fryeburg, US
• Eric Swanson · Gloucester, US
• Jon Stahl · Maynard, US
• Diedrik Vermeulen · New York, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 28, 2013
• Grant date: Jan 31, 2017
• Expiry date: Aug 28, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B6/423
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Disclosed herein are co-packaging structures, devices, and methods for integrating a photonic integrated circuit (PIC), an electronic integrated circuit including drivers and transimpedance amplifiers (TIAs) and an ASIC having analog-to-digital converters and a digital signal processor positioned on a common (the same) carrier thereby resulting in a compact coherent transceiver while lowering its cost.