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complexity from the assembly domain Applied Physics from the Hebrew U. where he focuses on NIL-related
to the wafer manufacturing domain. of Jerusalem with a focus on nano- equipment and technology. He has a
It provides an ideal platform for post- lithography. Formerly, he worked as doctorate in technical physics from the
processing of silicon photonic wafers R&D scientist, Sales & Marketing Johannes Kepler U. Linz, specializing in
for the photonic “bumping” process to manager for Nanonics Imaging. Email: nanoscience and semiconductor physics.
be performed either at semiconductor hesham.taha@teramount.com.
foundries, or at outsourced semiconductor Martin Eibelhuber is Product Manager
assembly and test (OSAT) facilities. at EV Group, Florian am Inn, Austria,
As part of the joint collaboration, EVG
provided NIL process development
and prototyping services through its
NILPhotonics Competence Center,
as well as expertise in both CMOS
and photonics manufact uring, to
assist Teramount in accelerating the
development and productization of its
PhotonicPlug technology.

Summary
The Photonic Bump is a transformational
solution for establishing a scalable
silicon photonics packaging platform that
generates, for the first time, an effective
“through-chip optical via” for seamless
photonics and electronics integration
through 3D packaging and interposer
geometries. It holds the promise to align
silicon photonics with the standard
semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem
and to leverage silicon photonics to
volume manufacturing for a variety of
emerging applications.
References
1. M A R K ET S A N D M A R K ET S
Report, “Silicon Photonics Market
with COVID-19 Impact Analysis by
Product (Transceivers, Switches),
Application (Data Center & High-
performance Computing, Telecom.),
Waveg uide, Component, a nd
Geography - Global Forecast to
2027,” Nov. 2021.
2. A. Israel, et al., “Photonic plug
for scalable silicon photonics
packaging,” Proceedings Volume
11286, Optical Interconnects XX;
1128607 (2020).
3. M. Eibelhuber, et al., “Nanoimprint
Lithography Enables Cost-effective
Production of Photonics,” Photonics
Spectra, Feb. 2015.

Biographies
Hesham Taha is CEO at Teramount,
Jerusalem, Israel. He has a PhD in

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