PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16023596
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2020-01
Patent Classification: ["372", "050100"]

Abstract:
Processes and apparatuses described herein reduce the manufacturing time, the cost of parts, and the cost of assembly per laser for photonic interconnects incorporated into computing systems. An output side of a laser assembly is placed against an input side of a silicon interposer (SiP) such that each pad in a plurality of pads positioned on the output side of the laser assembly is in contact with a respective solder bump that is also in contact with a corresponding pad positioned on the input side of the SiP. The laser assembly is configured to emit laser light from the output side into an input grating of the SiP. The solder bumps are heated to a liquid phase. Capillary forces of the solder bumps realign the laser assembly and the SiP while the solder bumps are in the liquid phase. The solder bumps are then allowed to cool.

Claim (Index 1):
A method comprising:\n placing an output side of a laser assembly against an input side of a silicon interposer (SiP) such that each pad in a plurality of pads positioned on the output side of the laser assembly is in contact with a respective solder bump that is also in contact with a corresponding pad positioned on the input side of the SiP, wherein the laser assembly comprises a laser diode and is configured to emit laser light from the output side, and wherein the SiP comprises an input grating configured to redirect the laser light through a silicon layer of the SiP; heating the solder bumps to at least a first temperature at which the solder bumps change from a solid phase to a liquid phase; allowing capillary forces of the solder bumps to realign the laser assembly and the SiP while the solder bumps are in the liquid phase; and cooling the solder bumps to a second temperature below the first temperature such that the solder bumps change from the liquid phase to the solid phase, wherein the solder bumps couple the laser assembly to the SiP when the cooling is completed, wherein the output side of the laser assembly comprises an output grating through which the laser assembly is configured to output the laser light, and wherein a distance between the output grating of the laser assembly and the input grating of the SiP is less than 100 microns when the cooling is completed.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 14.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.15068
- Patent Class: 372.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13277483', '14097482', '13231529', '12712554', '13961762']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7486397577221302
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4670990996282343
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7204856919127406
- Mean Citation Score: 122.98417379999998
- Max Citation Score: 127.555595
- Similarity Product: 97.93572270128904

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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