PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15963014
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["385", "014000"]

Abstract:
FPC-based optical interconnect modules with glass interposer connecting a VCSEL laser to a fiber ribbon cable is described. Improved optical coupling between VCSEL/PD and polymer waveguides are achieved by monolithically integrating micro-lenses and waveguides on the rear side of glass interposer and active devices on the front side. The waveguide has a vertical portion at one end of a horizontal trench portion joined by a 45 degree sidewall. A method of fabrication includes: providing a glass interposer, an array of micro lenses and an array of polymer waveguides having 45 degree tapered ends as reflectors on one surface, and depositing a metal layer and patterning the metal layer into transmission lines on the second surface of the glass substrate, growing bonding pillars for flip chip mounting and assembling active optical devices on the second surface of the glass to connect with the transmission lines.

Claim (Index 19):
The method of fabricating an optical interconnect apparatus in  claim 16 , wherein patterning the trench and the tapered side wall further comprises:\n exposing the horizontal trench in the first polymer cladding layer with a first mask; and exposing the tapered side wall with a second mask.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.72727
- Patent Class: 385.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15963030', '15963043', '15208170', '14288680', '14672851']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8470178405789468
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5498435345542496
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8173004099764771
- Mean Citation Score: 280.58105800000004
- Max Citation Score: 425.00415
- Similarity Product: 312.37374985209703

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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