ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,957, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Electronic devices with optical self-injection loops" was invented by Ramin Khayatzadeh (Munich), Nedim Muharemovic (Nuremberg, Germany), Bertram R Gunzelmann (Koenigsbrunn, Germany) and Zdravko Boos (Munich).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device may include wireless circuitry that conveys radio-frequency signals at frequencies greater than or equal to 100 GHz using first and second optical local oscillator (LO) signals generated by clocking circuitry. The clocking circuitry may include a first laser that generates the first optical LO signal and a ...