Patent ID: 7778501

Claim:
An integrated circuit comprising: an electronic device layer attached to a surface of an intermediate layer, the electronic device layer having one or more electronic devices, and the intermediate layer includes a solid slab of material having one or more interconnects extending through the intermediate layer; and a photonic interconnect layer having one or more photonic devices, wherein the one or more photonic devices are configured to receive data encoded electromagnetic radiation input to the integrated circuit for processing and send data generated by the electronic device layer encoded in electromagnetic radiation, and wherein the intermediate layer is disposed and substantially fills the space between the electronic device layer and the photonic interconnect layer, such that at least one photonic device of the photonic interconnect layer is in communication with at least one of the electronic devices of the electronic device layer through at least one interconnect extending through the intermediate layer, the at least one interconnect configured to transmit electromagnetic radiation between the at least one photonic device and the at least one electronic device.