US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of California on Sept. 30 for "Device and method for neural-network based on-chip spectroscopy using a plasmonic encoder" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,430,554, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"Device and method for neural-network based on-chip spectroscopy using a plasmonic encoder" was invented by Aydogan Ozcan (Los Angeles), Calvin Brown (Los Angeles), Artem Goncharov (Los Angeles), Zachary Ballard (Los Angeles) and Yair Rivenson (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A deep learning-based spectral analysis device and method are disclosed that employs a spectral encoder chip containing a plurality of nanohole array tiles, each with a unique geometry and, thus, a unique optical transmission spectrum. Illumination...