ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,112, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Ciena Corp. (Hanover, Md.).
"Managing optical shielding for integrated circuits" was invented by Raphael Beaupre-Laflamme (Quebec, Canada), Antoine Bois (Quebec, Canada) and Michael Vitic (Chelsea, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Positioned between first and second planes of a volume are one or more optical elements. Light-impeding structures absorb light, reflect light, or both. Each light-impeding structure in a first set: intersects the first (and second) plane with a first (and second) cross-sectional shape, comprises a first (and second) maximum cross-sectional length equal to the le...