Patent ID: 9678271
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: G02B,H01L,H04B

Claim:
1. A chip package, comprising: an integrated circuit having a front surface with first integrated-circuit connector pads and second integrated-circuit connector pads, wherein the integrated circuit is configured to: modulate data, communicate data, and serialize/deserialize data; first integrated-circuit electrical connectors electrically coupled to the first integrated-circuit connector pads; an interposer having a bottom surface and a top surface, facing the front surface of the integrated circuit, with first interposer connector pads electrically coupled to the first integrated-circuit electrical connectors; second integrated-circuit electrical connectors electrically coupled to the second integrated-circuit connector pads; an optical integrated circuit having a bottom surface, facing the top surface of the interposer, and a top surface, facing the front surface of the integrated circuit, with first optical-integrated-circuit connector pads electrically coupled to the second integrated-circuit electrical connectors, wherein the optical integrated circuit is configured to communicate optical signals; an optical-fiber receptacle having a first surface and a second surface, wherein the first surface is mechanically and optically coupled to the top surface of the optical integrated circuit; and an optical-fiber connector mechanically and optically coupled to the second surface of the optical-fiber receptacle.