SINGLE-CHIP CONTROL MODULE FOR AN INTEGRATED SYSTEM-ON-A-CHIP FOR SILICON PHOTONICS

    公开(公告)号:US20180067888A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-03-08

    申请号:US15810556

    申请日:2017-11-13

    申请人: Inphi Corporation

    IPC分类号: G06F13/42

    摘要: The present invention provides an integrated system-on-chip device. The device is configured on a single silicon substrate member. The device has a data input/output interface provided on the substrate member. The device has an input/output block provided on the substrate member and coupled to the data input/output interface. The device has a signal processing block provided on the substrate member and coupled to the input/output block. The device has a driver module provided on the substrate member and coupled to the signal processing block. The device further includes a driver interface and coupled to the driver module and configured to be coupled to a silicon photonics device. In an example, a control block is configured to receive and send instruction(s) in a digital format to the communication block and is configured to receive and send signals in an analog format to communicate with the silicon photonics device.

    SINGLE-CHIP CONTROL MODULE FOR AN INTEGRATED SYSTEM-ON-A-CHIP FOR SILICON PHOTONICS

    公开(公告)号:US20180032467A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-02-01

    申请号:US15730479

    申请日:2017-10-11

    申请人: INPHI CORPORATION

    IPC分类号: G06F13/42

    摘要: The present invention provides an integrated system-on-chip device. The device is configured on a single silicon substrate member. The device has a data input/output interface provided on the substrate member. The device has an input/output block provided on the substrate member and coupled to the data input/output interface. The device has a signal processing block provided on the substrate member and coupled to the input/output block. The device has a driver module provided on the substrate member and coupled to the signal processing block. The device further includes a driver interface and coupled to the driver module and configured to be coupled to a silicon photonics device. In an example, a control block is configured to receive and send instruction(s) in a digital format to the communication block and is configured to receive and send signals in an analog format to communicate with the silicon photonics device.

    BUILT-IN REDUNDANCY SCHEME FOR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM ON CHIP
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    发明申请
    BUILT-IN REDUNDANCY SCHEME FOR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM ON CHIP 有权
    内置通信系统冗余计划

    公开(公告)号:US20160337046A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-11-17

    申请号:US15223326

    申请日:2016-07-29

    申请人: INPHI CORPORATION

    摘要: In an example, the present invention includes an integrated system on chip device. The device has a redundancy block is configured to add at least redundancy bit as a function of one or more data bits associated with data for data error detection and correction data. In an example, the driver module is coupled to the signal processing blocking using a uni-directional multi-lane bus configured with N lanes, whereupon N is greater than M such that a difference between N and M represents a redundant lane or lanes. The device also has a mapping block configured to associate the M lanes to a plurality of selected laser devices for a silicon photonics device.

    摘要翻译: 在一个示例中,本发明包括集成片上系统设备。 该设备具有冗余块,被配置为至少将冗余位添加为与用于数据错误检测和校正数据的数据相关联的一个或多个数据位的函数。 在一个示例中,使用配置有N个通道的单向多通道总线将驱动器模块耦合到信号处理阻塞,因此N大于M,使得N和M之间的差异表示冗余车道或车道。 该装置还具有配置成将M通道与硅光子器件的多个选定的激光装置相关联的映射块。

    POWER MONITOR FOR SILICON-PHOTONICS-BASED LASER

    公开(公告)号:US20220285906A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-08

    申请号:US17191410

    申请日:2021-03-03

    申请人: INPHI CORPORATION

    摘要: A laser device based on silicon photonics with an in-cavity power monitor includes a gain chip mounted on a silicon photonics substrate and configured to emit light in an active region bounded between a frontend facet with low reflectivity and a backend facet with anti-reflective characteristics. The laser device further includes a wavelength tuner formed with waveguides in the silicon photonics substrate optically coupled to the backend facet to receive light from the gain chip and configured to have a reflector with high reflectivity to reflect the light in an extended cavity formed with the frontend facet through which a laser with a tuned wavelength and amplified power is outputted. Additionally, the laser device includes a photodiode formed in the silicon photonics substrate and coupled to the waveguides in the extended cavity right in front of the reflector to measure power of light thereof.

    METHODS FOR CO-PACKAGING OPTICAL MODULES ON SWITCH PACKAGE SUBSTRATE

    公开(公告)号:US20220283360A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-08

    申请号:US17190867

    申请日:2021-03-03

    申请人: INPHI CORPORATION

    IPC分类号: F21V8/00 G02B6/28 G02B6/42

    摘要: An assembled electro-optical switch module includes a package substrate. Four optical socket members are disposed respectively to the package substrate. Each optical socket member includes four sockets closely packed in a row. Each socket has a recessed flat region with topside land grid array (LGA) interposer connected to bottom side solder bumps and a side notch opening aligned to an edge of the package substrate at the corresponding edge region. Sixteen optical modules in four sets are co-packaged in the package substrate. Each set has four optical modules respectively seated in the four sockets of each optical socket member with top side LGA interposer. Four clamp latch members are applied to clamp each of the four sets of optical modules in respective optical socket members. A data processor device with 51.2 Tbps data interface is disposed to the package substrate and electrically coupled to each of the sixteen optical modules.

    HIGH-POWER TUNABLE LASER ON SILICON PHOTONICS PLATFORM

    公开(公告)号:US20220255295A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-11

    申请号:US17168916

    申请日:2021-02-05

    申请人: INPHI CORPORATION

    摘要: A high-power tunable laser includes a gain medium configured to emit light and amplify light intensity. The gain medium has a length equal to or greater than 1.5 mm between a backend and a frontend configured to be an output port for outputting light with amplified intensity. The high-power tunable laser further includes a wavelength tuner optically coupled to the backend to receive light from the gain medium and configured to tune wavelength for the light and have a high-reflectivity reflector to reflect the light with a tuned wavelength back to the gain medium.

    SIDE MODE SUPPRESSION FOR EXTENDED C-BAND TUNABLE LASER

    公开(公告)号:US20220013978A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-13

    申请号:US16922622

    申请日:2020-07-07

    申请人: INPHI CORPORATION

    摘要: A method for improving wide-band wavelength-tunable laser. The method includes configuring a gain region between a first facet and a second facet and crosswise a PN-junction with an active layer between P-type cladding layer and N-type cladding layer. The method further includes coupling a light excited in the active layer and partially reflected from the second facet to pass through the first facet to a wavelength tuner configured to generate a joint interference spectrum with multiple modes separated by a joint-free-spectral-range (JFSR). Additionally, the method includes configuring the second facet to have reduced reflectivity for increasing wavelengths. Furthermore, the method includes reconfiguring the gain chip with an absorption layer near the active layer to induce a gain loss for wavelengths shorter than a longest wavelength associated with a short-wavelength side mode. Moreover, the method includes outputting amplified light at a basic mode via the second facet.