Design, Fabrication, and Comparison of 3D Multimode Optical Interconnects on Silicon Interposer

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Abstract

While conventional silicon photonic (SiP) waveguides achieve high data rates with low loss, they can only be placed on top of the chip surfaces horizontally. In this article, we present a design approach for multimode chip-to-chip interconnects with similar low-loss and high-bandwidth density properties as SiP waveguides. The state-of-the-art fabrication of optical through silicon via (OTSV) requires conventional back end of line (BEOL) processing with an additional step: metal coating lowers the loss of air-filled TSVs. Alternatively, the TSV is converted into a polymer waveguide by filling of low-loss polymer (Ormocore) to achieve <0.1 dB optical power loss over 380 μm distance. A 3D multimode optical interconnect is measured at 40 Gbit/s with the bit error rate (BER) <10-12 at 1550 nm wavelength. The proposed solution supplies a new path for 3D integration of optical waveguides capable of delivering high-speed data within 3D stacked chips.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3454-3460
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Lightwave Technology
Volume38
Issue number13
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jul 2020
Peer-reviewedYes

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ORCID /0000-0002-1851-6828/work/142256631

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Research priority areas of TU Dresden

Keywords

  • On-chip optical link, optical TSV interconnects, polymer optical waveguides, silicon interposer, silicon photonics, vertical optical interconnects