ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,339,483, issued on June 24, was assigned to KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Santa Rosa, Calif.).
"Devices and methods for providing a conduit for light to travel between an optical fiber and a photodiode" was invented by Gregory Steven Lee (Mountain View, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for providing a conduit for light to travel between an optical fiber and a photodiode includes a tapered light coupler. A first portion of the tapered light coupler is configured to receive light from at least one optical fiber and includes a tapered region that is tapered toward a tapered end. A second portion of the tapered light coupler is c...