Patent ID: 6945712
Filing Date: 2005-09-20
Classification: G02B,H01L

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for connecting to an external fiber optic cable, the apparatus comprising: a die-bonded assembly, the die-bonded assembly comprising an optoelectronic circuit die that is die-bonded to a logic integrated circuit die, the optoelectronic circuit die comprising a light generating device and a photodetector device, the logic integrated circuit die having an upper surface oriented substantially in a plane; and an integrated circuit package comprising a fiber optic connector, a first optical fiber and a second optical fiber, the integrated circuit package encapsulating the die-bonded assembly in a hermetically sealed chamber, wherein first light passing into the integrated circuit package from a first fiber of the external fiber optic cable passes through the fiber optic connector in a direction substantially parallel to the plane, through the first optical fiber, into the chamber, and onto the photodetector device of the optoelectronic die, and wherein second light generated by the light generating device is transmitted out of the integrated circuit package by passing from the light generating device, through the chamber, into the second optical fiber, through the second optical fiber, through the connector in the direction substantially parallel to the plane, and into a second fiber of the external fiber optic cable.