US 12,124,081 B2
Photonic communication platform
Nicholas C. Harris, Boston, MA (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 Jul. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/356,680.
Application 17/313,415 is a division of application No. 16/810,573, filed on Mar. 5, 2020, granted, now 11,036,002.
Application 18/356,680 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 2023/0358957 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
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)] 24 Claims
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1. A photonic communication platform, comprising:
a photonic substrate; and
a plurality of photonic modules monolithically patterned in the photonic substrate, the plurality of photonic modules comprising first and second photonic modules that are copies of each other, each of the first and second photonic modules comprising:
first and second boundaries;
a first optical waveguide and a second optical waveguide; and
an optical distribution network comprising one or more optical switches, wherein the first optical waveguide couples the optical distribution network to the first boundary and the second optical waveguide couples the optical distribution network to the second boundary,
wherein the first optical waveguide of the first photonic module is optically aligned with the second optical waveguide of the second photonic module across the first boundary of the first photonic module.