US 12,332,479 B2
Photonic communication platform
Nicholas C. Harris, Menlo Park, CA (US); Carl Ramey, Westborough, MA (US); Michael Gould, La Honda, CA (US); Thomas Graham, Cambridge, MA (US); Darius Bunandar, Boston, MA (US); Ryan Braid, Cambridge, MA (US); and Mykhailo Tymchenko, Melrose, MA (US)
Assigned to Lightmatter, Inc., Boston, MA (US)
Filed by Lightmatter, Inc., Boston, MA (US)
Filed on Mar. 15, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/606,188.
Application 17/313,415 is a division of application No. 16/810,573, filed on Mar. 5, 2020, granted, now 11,036,002.
Application 18/606,188 is a continuation of application No. 18/526,652, filed on Dec. 1, 2023, granted, now 12,038,604.
Application 18/526,652 is a continuation of application No. 18/455,395, filed on Aug. 24, 2023, granted, now 12,092,866.
Application 18/455,395 is a continuation of application No. 18/356,680, filed on Jul. 21, 2023, granted, now 12,124,081.
Application 18/356,680 is a continuation of application No. 17/313,415, filed on May 6, 2021, granted, now 11,754,783.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/961,448, filed on Jan. 15, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/923,889, filed on Oct. 21, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/814,444, filed on Mar. 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0219635 A1, Jul. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. G02B 6/12 (2006.01); G02B 6/122 (2006.01); G02B 6/13 (2006.01); G02B 6/136 (2006.01); H01L 21/027 (2006.01); H04J 14/02 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/1225 (2013.01) [G02B 6/12004 (2013.01); G02B 6/12007 (2013.01); G02B 6/13 (2013.01); G02B 6/136 (2013.01); H01L 21/0275 (2013.01); H04J 14/02 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A photonic communication platform comprising:
a semiconductor photonic substrate comprising an optical network having a plurality of optical waveguides and a plurality of optical transceivers coupled to respective optical waveguides, wherein the plurality of optical waveguides and the plurality of optical transceivers are lithographically patterned on the semiconductor photonic substrate;
a plurality of electrical connections configured to electrically couple the optical network to a plurality of electronic chips when the electronic chips are mounted on the semiconductor photonic substrate, wherein at least one electronic chip of the plurality of electronic chips comprises a memory; and
a controller configured to control the optical network to broadcast a message generated by a first electronic chip of the plurality of electronic chips to more than one of the remaining electronic chips of the plurality of electronic chips, when the plurality of electronic chips are mounted on the semiconductor photonic substrate.