US Patent Issued on Sept. 9 for "Discrete optical unit on a substrate of an integrated photonics chip" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,411,280, issued on Sept. 9.

"Discrete optical unit on a substrate of an integrated photonics chip" was invented by Michael J. Bishop (San Carlos, Calif.), Vijay M. Iyer (Mammoth Lakes, Calif.), Lexie Nicole Schachne (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Jason Pelc (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated photonics device that emits light out towards a measured sample value is disclosed. The device can include a discrete optical unit that attaches to a supporting layer. The discrete optical unit can include mirror(s), optics, detector array(s), and traces. The supporting layer can include one or more cavities having facet walls....