US Patent Issued to GlobalFoundries U.S. on Nov. 25 for "Optical phase shifter with one or more integrated thermoelectric devices" (Vermont, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,481,196, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc. (Malta, N.Y.).

"Optical phase shifter with one or more integrated thermoelectric devices" was invented by Vibhor Jain (Essex Junction, Vt.), Yusheng Bian (Ballston Lake, N.Y.), Shesh Mani Pandey (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.), Abdelsalam Aboketaf (Essex Junction, Vt.) and Ravi Prakash Srivastava (Clifton Park, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Structures including an optical phase shifter and methods of forming a structure including an optical phase shifter. The structure comprises an optical phase shifter including a waveguide core having a first branch and a second branc...