Patent ID: 9423563
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: G02B

Claim Text:
1. A semiconductor structure comprising: a plurality of waveguide structures embedded within a semiconductor handle substrate, each waveguide structure of said plurality of waveguide structures comprising, from bottom to top, a bottom oxide portion, a waveguide core material portion and a top oxide portion, wherein topmost surfaces of each waveguide structure of said plurality of waveguide structures are coplanar with a topmost surface of said semiconductor handle substrate; an oxide capping layer located on said topmost surfaces of each waveguide structure of said plurality of waveguide structures and said topmost surface of said semiconductor handle substrate; and a plurality of semiconductor devices located above a topmost surface of said oxide capping layer, each semiconductor device of said plurality of semiconductor devices comprises a portion of a semiconductor material that is in direct contact with a portion of said topmost surface of said oxide capping layer.