Patent ID: 9570420
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: G02B,H01L,H01P,H04L

Claim:
1. An integrated circuit, comprising: a first group of functional modules formed onto a first arrangement of useable fabrication layers in a horizontal direction; a second group of functional modules formed onto a second arrangement of useable fabrication layers in the horizontal direction, wherein the first arrangement of useable fabrication layers and the second arrangement of useable fabrication layers are stacked in a vertical direction to form a vertical arrangement, the vertical direction being normal to the horizontal direction; and a first conductive element formed within the first arrangement of useable fabrication layers and extending in the vertical direction, the first conductive element extending through the first arrangement of useable fabrication layers, and a second conductive element formed within the second arrangement of useable fabrication layers and extending in the vertical direction, the second conductive element contacting the first conductive element and extending through the second arrangement of useable fabrication layers, wherein the integrated circuit is configured and arranged to be displaced from a second integrated circuit having a third conductive element such that the first conductive element, the second conductive element, and the third conductive element are configured and arranged to form an integrated waveguide.