公开(公告)号：US20160004010A1

公开(公告)日：2016-01-07

申请号：US14324074

申请日：2014-07-03

Applicant: Empire Technology Development LLC

Inventor： Seth Adrian Miller ,  Gary Lynn Deurksen

IPC: G02B6/13 ,  G02B6/12 ,  G02B6/138 ,  G02B6/02

CPC classification number: G02B6/138

Abstract: Technologies are generally described to form a waveguide in a polymer multilayer comprising a first and second polymer layer. The waveguide may be formed by directing light beams toward the polymer multilayer to form first and second cladding regions in the polymer multilayer, where the first and second cladding regions comprise a mixture of the first and second polymer layers. The first and second cladding regions may define a third cladding region and a waveguide core therebetween, where the third cladding region comprises a portion of the second polymer layer, and the waveguide core comprises a portion of the first polymer layer. In some examples, the polymer multilayer may be formed on a substrate such that the waveguide is formed on the substrate. Additionally, the waveguide may be formed temporarily to test components of an optoelectronic system and then erased by heating the polymer multilayer to destroy the waveguide core, or the waveguide may be formed as a default optical interconnection configuration that may be changed to alter the functional mode of the backplane in the manner of a jumper setting.

Abstract translation: 通常将技术描述为在包含第一和第二聚合物层的聚合物多层中形成波导。 波导可以通过将光束引向聚合物多层而形成，以在聚合物多层中形成第一和第二包层区域，其中第一和第二包层区域包括第一和第二聚合物层的混合物。 第一和第二包层区可以在其间限定第三包层区域和波导芯，其中第三包层区域包括第二聚合物层的一部分，并且波导芯包括第一聚合物层的一部分。 在一些实例中，聚合物多层可以形成在基板上，使得波导形成在基板上。 此外，波导可以临时形成以测试光电子系统的部件，然后通过加热聚合物多层来消除波导芯，或者可以将波导形成为可以改变以改变功能模式的默认光互连配置 的跳线设置方式。