ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,216,314, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to AIO CORE Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Optical module" was invented by Shigeru Kobayashi (Tokyo), Kazuhiro Shiba (Tokyo), Mitsuru Kurihara (Tokyo) and Kazuhiko Kurata (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an optical module having high efficiency in optical coupling to a functional element on a substrate. An optical module includes: a first optical waveguide disposed parallel to a substrate; a condensing mirror configured to reflect and condense light propagated in the first optical waveguide toward the substrate; a second optical waveguide formed in a tapered shape narrowed toward the substrate,...