ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,243, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR ENGINEERING INC. (Kaohsiung, Taiwan).

"Optical system and method of manufacturing the same" was invented by Hsin-Ying Ho (Kaohsiung, Taiwan) and Ying-Chung Chen (Kaohsiung, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical system and a method of manufacturing an optical system are provided. The optical system includes a carrier, a light emitter, a light receiver, a block structure and an encapsulant. The light emitter is disposed on the carrier. The light receiver is disposed on the carrier and physically spaced apart from the light emitter. The light receiver has a light de...