Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9354390-B2
Application number	US-201314102605-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 11, 2013
Priority date	Dec 11, 2013
Publication date	May 31, 2016
Grant date	May 31, 2016

Abstract

A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a trench in the substrate, the trench having an inclined sidewall, a reflective layer over the inclined sidewall, a grating structure over the substrate, and a waveguide in the trench. The waveguide is configured to guide optical signals between the grating structure and the reflective layer.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A semiconductor device, comprising:
a substrate;
a trench in the substrate, the trench having an inclined sidewall;
a reflective layer over the inclined sidewall;
a grating structure over the substrate; and
a waveguide in the trench, the waveguide configured to guide optical signals between the grating structure and the reflective layer.

2. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , further comprising:
an optical component mounted over the substrate;
wherein the reflective layer is configured to reflect the optical signals between the waveguide and the optical component.

3. The semiconductor device of claim 2 , further comprising:
a re-distribution layer (RDL) over the substrate; and
at least one solder bump over the RDL;
wherein the optical component is mounted to the substrate via the at least one solder bump.

4. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , further comprising:
an optical port for a multiplexed optical signal;
wherein the waveguide is further configured to guide the multiplexed optical signal between the optical port and the grating structure; and
wherein the grating structure is configured to perform at least one of a conversion of the multiplexed optical signal into the optical signals or a conversion of the optical signals into the multiplexed optical signal, the optical signals having different wavelengths.

5. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the waveguide comprises:
a dielectric layer over a bottom of the trench;
a core layer over the dielectric layer; and
a cladding layer over the core layer.

6. The semiconductor device of claim 5 , wherein
the dielectric layer continuously extends over the inclined sidewall and the bottom of the trench; and
the reflective layer overlies the dielectric layer over the inclined sidewall.

7. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the grating structure comprises a facets and a further reflective layer over the facets.

8. The semiconductor device of claim 7 , wherein the reflective layer over the inclined sidewall and the further reflective layer over the facets of the grating structure comprise the same reflective material.

9. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the grating structure is on a further sidewall of the trench, the further sidewall oriented in a direction closer to the normal direction of the substrate than the inclined sidewall.

10. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a dielectric material in the trench;
wherein the grating structure is on a sidewall of the dielectric material.

11. A semiconductor device, comprising:
a semiconductor substrate having a trench therein;
a waveguide in the trench, the waveguide configured to guide optical signals;
a concave grating structure configured to receive the optical signals from the waveguide; and
an optical component over the substrate, wherein the optical component is configured to receive the optical signals from the concave grating structure at an angle perpendicular to a major surface of the semiconductor substrate, wherein the major surface of the semiconductor substrate is planar and faces the optical component.

12. The semiconductor device of claim 11 , the trench comprising an inclined sidewall having an angle between the inclined sidewall and a plane of a top surface of the substrate ranging from 40 to 50 degrees.

13. The semiconductor device of claim 12 , further comprising a reflective layer over the inclined sidewall, wherein the reflective layer comprises at least one of Cu, Au, Ag, Al or Ti.

14. The semiconductor device of claim 12 , further comprising a reflective layer over the inclined sidewall, wherein the reflective layer comprises a multi-layered structure of high and low refractive index alternately arranged dielectric materials.

15. The semiconductor device of claim 12 , wherein the grating structure comprising facets oriented in a direction closer to a normal direction of the substrate than the inclined sidewall.

16. The semiconductor device of claim 11 , wherein the grating structure is configured to reflect the optical signals.

17. A semiconductor device, comprising:
a substrate having a trench therein, the trench having an inclined sidewall;
a grating structure located in a first portion of the trench, the grating structure at least partially co-elevational with the inclined sidewall and including facets oriented in a direction closer to the normal direction of the substrate than the inclined sidewall;
a reflective layer over the inclined sidewall;
a waveguide in a second portion of the trench; and
an optical component over the substrate, wherein the grating structure, the waveguide, the reflective layer and the optical component are arranged along an optical path.

18. The semiconductor device of claim 17 , wherein the inclined sidewall has an incline between the sidewall and a plane of a top surface of the substrate ranging from 40 to 50 degrees.

19. The semiconductor device of claim 17 , wherein the reflective layer comprises at least one of Cu, Au, Ag, Al or Ti.

20. The semiconductor device of claim 17 wherein the facets of the grating structure are reflective.

Assignees

• Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg

Inventors

• Kuo Ying-Hao
• Huang Tien-Yu

Classifications

• H10P50/283

  by chemical means · CPC title

• H10W20/056

  by filling conductive material into holes, grooves or trenches · CPC title

• G02B2006/121

  Channel; buried or the like · CPC title

• G02B2006/12104

  Mirror; Reflectors or the like · CPC title

• G02B2006/12176

  Etching · CPC title