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 8):
The optical interconnect apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the receiver chip, PD, and VCSEL are located within a periphery of the first opening on the flexible circuit board.

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): 0.8465242925234996
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.551515934329259
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8170234567040755
- Mean Citation Score: 280.58105800000004
- Max Citation Score: 425.00415
- Similarity Product: 329.78445895152385

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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