Patent ID: 11940621
Assignee: ANALOG PHOTONICS LLC
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. An apparatus comprising:
a first integrated circuit comprising:
a plurality of sets of optical waveguides, each set of optical waveguides including a plurality of optical waveguide segments, and
a plurality of optical emitter elements arranged over a first surface of the first integrated circuit, each optical emitter element coupled to a distal end of one of the optical waveguide segments;

a second integrated circuit comprising:
a plurality of optical phase shifters that each provide a phase-shifted optical wave that is coupled to the first integrated circuit from a first edge surface of the second integrated circuit; and

a third integrated circuit comprising:
a plurality of optical phase shifters that each provide a phase-shifted optical wave that is coupled to the first integrated circuit from a first edge surface of the third integrated circuit;

wherein
the first edge surface of the second integrated circuit is in proximity to a row of proximal ends of the optical waveguide segments of a first set of the plurality of sets of optical waveguides, and
the first edge surface of the third integrated circuit is in proximity to a row of proximal ends of the optical waveguide segments of a second set of the plurality of sets of optical waveguides.