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 19):
A method comprising:\n generating laser light by applying an electrical current to a laser diode included in a laser assembly; emitting the laser light from an output side of the laser assembly, wherein the output side of the laser assembly is coupled to an input side of a silicon interposer (SiP) by a plurality of solder bumps; redirecting, by an input grating positioned on the input side of the SiP, the laser light through a silicon layer of the SiP towards an output grating of the SiP; emitting the laser light from the output grating of the SiP towards a lens included in a lens assembly that is coupled to the SiP; measuring, at a sensor incorporated into the SiP, a quantity associated with the laser light; sending, through a first through-silicon via (TSV) in the SiP, one or more sensor readings collected during the measurement to an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC); determining, at the ASIC based on the sensor readings, an adjustment for an operating parameter of the laser assembly; sending, through a second TSV in the SiP, an indication of the adjustment to the laser assembly; and updating the operating parameter at the laser assembly in accordance with the adjustment.

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): 0.7485155615556848
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4677011093694118
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7204341163370575
- Mean Citation Score: 122.98417379999998
- Max Citation Score: 127.555595
- Similarity Product: 97.529484231686

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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