PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15963030
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["385", "014000"]

Abstract:
A glass substrate as a platform for a high speed optical interconnect is disclosed. An optical engine is mounted on the top surface and a polymer waveguide on the bottom surface of the glass substrate. A metal plate can be included for mechanical support. The optical engine includes conductive lines patterned into the glass and active optical devices bonded with the conductive lines. An anisotropic conductive film (ACF) connects the optical engine with a printed circuit board. The waveguide, attached parallel to the bottom surface of the glass substrate, includes a core structure, a 45 degree tapered portion at one end of the core structure, used as a light reflector. An optical fiber connector is attached to the far end of the polymer waveguide. The optical path is formed from the active optical device on the top surface, through the glass substrate and the polymer waveguide, to the optical fiber connector on the bottom surface of the glass substrate.

Claim (Index 17):
A method of fabricating an optical interconnect apparatus, comprising:\n providing a glass substrate having two substantially parallel first and second surfaces; providing a printed circuit board (PCB) unit having an opening; preparing a polymer waveguide having a 45 degree reflector portion at a first end; patterning a plurality of trenches in the first surface of the glass substrate; filling trenches with metal to form conductive lines; connecting a plurality of optical devices with the conductive lines; depositing an anisotropic conductive film (ACF) on the first surface of the glass substrate to cover the conductive lines and attaching the PCB unit to the ACF; turning the glass substrate over to work on the second surface of the glass substrate; depositing an adhesive film on the second surface of the glass substrate; attaching the polymer waveguide to the second surface of the glass substrate; aligning the optical devices on the first surface of the glass substrate with the 45 degree reflector portion of the polymer waveguide on the second surface of the glass substrate; attaching an optical fiber connector on the second surface of the glass substrate, and connecting the optical fiber connector to a second end of the polymer waveguide.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 31.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.30263
- Patent Class: 385.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15963014', '15963043', '15208170', '14288680', '11693357']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8202969872277407
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5573535134538581
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7940026398503524
- Mean Citation Score: 290.696228
- Max Citation Score: 449.43726
- Similarity Product: 352.8222980862343

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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