ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,086, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Marvell Asia Pte Ltd (Singapore).

"Silicon nitride-to-silicon waveguide assembly for broadband communication including concurrent propagation by TE0 and TM0 modes" was invented by Nathan Lin (San Jose, Calif.), Yun Wang (Ottawa) and Jie Lin (Cupertino, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A waveguide assembly includes first and second waveguides. The first waveguide includes silicon, first and second ends, an end member, and a tapered member. The end member extends from the first end. The tapered member extends from the end member to the second end. The second waveguide is optically coupled to...