Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Silicon photonic device with backup light paths
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Application No.: US17379620Application Date: 2021-07-19
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Publication No.: US11841561B2Publication Date: 2023-12-12
- Inventor: Weiwei Song , Stefan Rusu , Chan-Hong Chern , Chih-Chang Lin
- Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: TW Hsinchu
- Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsinchu
- Agency: Slater Matsil, LLP
- Main IPC: G02F1/025
- IPC: G02F1/025 ; G02F1/225

Abstract:
A semiconductor device include: a first bus waveguide; a first silicon ring optically coupled to the first bus waveguide; a backup silicon ring optically coupled to the first bus waveguide; a first heater and a second heater configured to heat the first silicon ring and the backup silicon ring, respectively; and a first switch, where the first switch is configured to electrically couple the first silicon ring to a first radio frequency (RF) circuit when the first switch is at a first switching position, and is configured to electrically couple the backup silicon ring to the first RF circuit when the first switch is at a second switching position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220342239A1 Silicon Photonic Device with Backup Light Paths Public/Granted day:2022-10-27
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