ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,541,097, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Synopsys Inc. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).
"Optical path tracing in an optical circuit design" was invented by Remco Stoffer (Enschede, Netherlands) and Teunis Dubbink (Enschede, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Photonic integrated circuit (PIC) designs include various paths. During the design process, the properties of the paths of a PIC design are determined and used to analyze the PIC design. Determining the properties of a path includes receiving a PIC design including a plurality of devices. Further, a first path between a first pin of a first device of the plurality of devices and a secon...