Patent ID: 11199671

Abstract:
Glass-as-a-Platform (GaaP) assemblies are provided. Embodiments of the GaaP assembly comprise a first glass plate and a second glass plate, each disposed under one or more switch ASICs and one or more opto-electronic devices co-packaged on the same substrate. Each glass plate includes a plurality of waveguides. The co-packaged substrate is disposed on top of one or more of the first glass plate and second glass plate, the first glass plate configured to couple to one or more opto-electronic devices and the second glass plate configured to couple to one or more other opto-electronic devices. A faceplate interface end of each glass plate is configured to connect to one or more optical cable connectors. The glass plates are configured to route optical signals to and from one or more opto-electronic devices and one or more optical cable connectors through the one or more waveguides and openings in the co-packaged substrate.