Patent ID: 8818144
Filing Date: 2014-08-26
Classification: G02B,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A process for preparing a subassembly, said process comprising: (a) defining the location of one or more grooves for receiving optical conduits on the top planar surface of a wafer or panel, said grooves corresponding to multiple interposers on said wafer or panel; and (b) etching said grooves into said wafer or panel, each groove having sidewalls and first and second terminal ends and a first facet at each terminal end perpendicular to said side walls, each first facet having a first angle relative to said top planar surface, each grove being shared by a pair of transmitting and receiving interposers on said wafer or panel prior to being diced such that said first and second terminal ends of each groove correspond to transmitting and receiving interposers, respectively.