IP Library Granted Patent US 12,453,210
Granted Patent B2
US 12,453,210 · App. 17/732,471 · Granted Oct 21, 2025

Optoelectronic module package

Inventors: Gerald Cois Byrd (Shadow Hills, CA); Thomas Pierre Schrans (Temple City, CA); Chia-Te Chou (Brea, CA); Arin Abed (Glendale, CA); Omar James Bchir (San Marcos, CA); Erman Timurdogan (Arlington, MA); Aaron John Zilkie (Pasadena, CA)
Assignee: Rockley Photonics Limited
H10F77/953G02B6/428H01L23/49833H01L23/49838H01L23/53233H05K1/0209H10F77/933G02B6/4269H01L2224/48091
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Patent No.
US 12,453,210
App. No.
17/732,471
Granted
Oct 21, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optoelectronic module. In some embodiments, the optoelectronic module includes a substrate; a digital integrated circuit, on an upper surface of the substrate; a photonic integrated circuit, secured in a pocket of the substrate, the pocket being in the upper surface of the substrate; and an analog integrated circuit, on the photonic integrated circuit.

Claims (26)

1. An optoelectronic module, comprising:

a substrate having an upper surface and a pocket formed in the upper surface, the pocket extending from a first end of the substrate toward a second end of the substrate along a first direction;

a digital integrated circuit, on the upper surface of the substrate and spaced apart from the pocket along the first direction;

a photonic integrated circuit, secured in the pocket with an epoxy, the photonic integrated circuit:

extending from a first end to a second end along the first direction,

having a V-groove in an upper surface of the photonic integrated circuit at the first end, and

comprising an optoelectronic component connected to a conductive trace on the photonic integrated circuit and bonded into a cavity in the photonic integrated circuit;

an optical fiber having a first end in the V-groove, the optical fiber extending from the first end of the optical fiber away from the photonic integrated circuit and the substrate;

a fiber lid clamping the optical fiber in the V-groove;

a waveguide, for coupling light between the optical fiber and the optoelectronic component;

an analog integrated circuit secured to the upper surface of the photonic integrated circuit via a plurality of copper pillar bumps;

a heater, in or on the photonic integrated circuit; and

a wire bond between the photonic integrated circuit and the substrate, wherein the wire bond forming forms a portion of a conductive path between a conductive trace on the photonic integrated circuit and a circuit in the digital integrated circuit,

wherein a separation between a first copper pillar bump of the plurality of copper pillar bumps and a second copper pillar bump of the plurality of copper pillar bumps is less than 150 microns.

2. The optoelectronic module of claim 1 , wherein the analog integrated circuit is flip-chip mounted on the photonic integrated circuit.

3. The optoelectronic module of claim 2 , wherein a copper pillar bump of the plurality of copper pillar bumps forms a portion of a conductive path between a circuit in the analog integrated circuit and a conductive trace on the photonic integrated circuit.

4. The optoelectronic module of claim 2 , wherein a copper pillar bump of the plurality of copper pillar bumps forms a portion of a conductive path between a circuit in the analog integrated circuit and a circuit in the digital integrated circuit.

5. The optoelectronic module of claim 2 , further comprising underfill between the analog integrated circuit and the photonic integrated circuit.

6. The optoelectronic module of claim 1 , further comprising a conductive trace in the substrate, the conductive trace forming a portion of a conductive path between a conductive trace on the photonic integrated circuit and a circuit in the digital integrated circuit.

7. The optoelectronic module of claim 1 , wherein the optoelectronic component is a photodetector.

8. The optoelectronic module of claim 1 , wherein the optoelectronic component is a modulator.

9. The optoelectronic module of claim 1 , further comprising a heat sink on the analog integrated circuit and on the digital integrated circuit.

10. The optoelectronic module of claim 9 , further comprising a thermal interface material between the heat sink and the analog integrated circuit.

11. The optoelectronic module of claim 1 , wherein the digital integrated circuit is secured and connected to the substrate by a first array of contacts, and

a lower surface of the substrate has a second array of contacts.

12. The optoelectronic module of claim 11 , wherein the second array of contacts has a coarser pitch than the first array of contacts.

Assignments (9)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 18, 2025
From: BYRD, GERALD COIS; SCHRANS, THOMAS PIERRE; ABED, ARIN; BCHIR, OMAR JAMES
To: ROCKLEY PHOTONICS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 072302/0293 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 18, 2025
From: TIMURDOGAN, ERMAN; ZILKIE, AARON JOHN
To: ROCKLEY PHOTONICS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 072302/0332 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 18, 2025
From: CHOU, CHIA-TE
To: ROCKLEY PHOTONICS, INC.
Reel/Frame 072302/0407 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 18, 2025
From: ROCKLEY PHOTONICS, INC.
To: ROCKLEY PHOTONICS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 072302/0425 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 19, 2023
From: ROCKLEY PHOTONICS LIMITED
To: WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 063287/0879 →
RELEASE OF PATENT SECURITY INTEREST - SUPER SENIOR INDENTURE - REEL/FRAME 061768/0082 Recorded Mar 19, 2023
From: WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: ROCKLEY PHOTONICS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 063264/0416 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST - REEL/FRAME 061604/0025 Recorded Mar 19, 2023
From: WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: ROCKLEY PHOTONICS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 063287/0812 →
SECURITY INTEREST - SUPER SENIOR INDENTURE Recorded Oct 25, 2022
From: ROCKLEY PHOTONICS LIMITED
To: WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 061768/0082 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 4, 2022
From: ROCKLEY PHOTONICS LIMITED
To: WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 061604/0025 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation In Part 17550924 · Dec 14, 2021
Continuation 16056340 · Aug 6, 2018
Provisional Application 62542074 · Aug 7, 2017
Related Publication 20220262962A1 · Aug 18, 2022
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