US Patent Issued to GlobalFoundries U.S. on May 6 for "Structures for an optical coupler and related methods" (New York Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,292,596, issued on May 6, was assigned to GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc. (Malta, N.Y.).

"Structures for an optical coupler and related methods" was invented by Yusheng Bian (Ballston Lake, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Structures for an optical coupler and methods of forming an optical coupler. The structure comprises a first waveguide core including a first tapered section, a second waveguide core including a second tapered section overlapped with the first tapered section, and an active layer including a third tapered section overlapped with the second tapered section. The first waveguide core comprises a first passive material, the s...