US Patent Issued to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing on Dec. 2 for "Bypass wavguide configured to facilitate inter-level optical coupling in optical module" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,487,398, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Bypass wavguide configured to facilitate inter-level optical coupling in optical module" was invented by Chan-Hong Chern (Palo Alto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards an optical module including a first waveguide and a bypass waveguide. The first waveguide laterally extends in a first direction. The first waveguide comprises a first waveguide body segment and a first waveguide coupler structure. A transverse waveguide laterally extends in a second direction differ...