US PATENT SUBCLASS 438 / 27
.~.~ Having additional optical element (e.g., optical fiber, etc.)

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438 /   HD   SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING: PROCESS

22  DF  MAKING DEVICE OR CIRCUIT EMISSIVE OF NONELECTRICAL SIGNAL {12}
26  DF  .~ Packaging (e.g., with mounting, encapsulating, etc.) or treatment of packaged semiconductor {2}
27.~.~ Having additional optical element (e.g., optical fiber, etc.)

DEFINITION

Classification: 438/27

Having additional optical element (e.g., optical fiber, etc.):

(under subclass 26) Process for making a semiconductor device wherein the device has combined therewith one or more separate optical elements to transmit or modify electromagnetic radiation incident from the semiconductor device and wherein the optical element is affixed or joined to the semiconductor device.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

65, Glass Manufacturing, especially

406, for processes which involve assembling at least two individually distinct optical fibers, waveguides, or preforms directly to each other (e.g., coupling, etc.)

323, Electricity: Power Supply or Regulation Systems,

902, for optical coupling to a semiconductor.