Pluggable
ASICSwitch or compute ASIC
Chip-to-module electrical path
Front-panel modulePluggable transceiver
Near-Packaged Optics
Materials, devices, and modules on one structural map
In the OIF co-packaging framework, near-package optics has a specific meaning: a packaged ASIC and an engine, socketed to a common substrate so they can be attached and removed for assembly and rework. NPOTEC organizes three planned layers around that boundary: raw materials, devices, and modules.
The drawing below separates mounting positions only. It is not a photograph, and it is not a bill of materials shared by every design.
Near-package
Common substrate
Packaged ASICDie + substrate / RDL
EngineAttachable
Co-packaged
Same first-level substrate
ASICHost ASIC
Engine
Engine
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Raw materials
Silicon photonics and germanium detection, laser materials, substrates and sockets, fiber, and thermal-mechanical retention. Each is a place in the literature, not a stock line.
Sources OIF-Co-Packaging-FD-01.0, Co-Packaging Framework Document
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Devices
Modulation and detection, light sources, electrical interfaces, and fiber coupling. There are at least four electrical sketches and three source paths.
Sources OIF-Co-Packaging-FD-01.0, Co-Packaging Framework Document
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Modules
The socketed assembly, the optical engine, an optional external source, and the faceplate exit. On-board optics is marked separately so it is not folded into NPO.
Sources OIF-Co-Packaging-FD-01.0, Co-Packaging Framework Document
How to read the classes
- 01
Start with mounting position. A front-panel pluggable, socketed near-package optics, and co-packaging on the same first-level substrate are three different drawings.
- 02
Then look at the options. The laser may be inside or outside the engine, and the framework sketches at least four electrical styles: retimed, linear, half-retimed, and direct drive.
- 03
Only then match materials. Columns on the materials page drop out depending on the first two choices. The page is not one purchase.