ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,648, issued on May 13, was assigned to Luminous Computing Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).
"Optical modulator with twisted electrodes" was invented by Thomas W. Baehr-Jones (Arcadia, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A significant challenge occurs when two Mach-Zehnder optical modulators are placed in close proximity next to one another, resulting in substantial cross talk. An optical modulator configured to reduce crosstalk between adjacent optical modulators includes a positive polarity signal electrode electrically coupled between a driver and an optical phase shifting section, and a negative polarity signal electrode electrically....