Integrated waveguide structure with perforated chip edge seal

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9874690
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14046506

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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.

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  • GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.

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Gambino, Jeffrey P Westford, US 531 7344
Leidy, Robert K Burlington, US 100 1695
Shank, Steven M Jericho, US 218 841

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