ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,461,421, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Ciena Corp. (Hanover, Md.).
"RF crossing in an optical modulator for equalization" was invented by Alexandre Delisle-Simard (Quebec, Canada), Gregory Brookes (Quebec, Canada) and Michael Vitic (Chelsea, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical modulator includes an optical waveguide extending a length; and a plurality of Radio Frequency (RF) electrodes configured to modulate an optical signal in the optical waveguide, wherein the RF electrodes include an RF crossing located an end of the length and that is configured to equalize the optical signal. The optical signal is equalized via dest...