US Patent Issued to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing on Jan. 20 for "Apparatus for optical coupling" (Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,844, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Apparatus for optical coupling" was invented by Feng-Wei Kuo (Hsinchu County, Taiwan) and Chewn-Pu Jou (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are apparatuses for optical coupling and a system for communication. In one embodiment, an apparatus for optical coupling having an optical coupling region is disclosed. The apparatus for optical coupling includes a substrate and a core layer disposed on the substrate. The core layer includes a plurality of holes located in the optical coupling region. An effective refracti...