ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,656,653, issued on June 16, was assigned to Adtran Networks SE (Meiningen, Germany).

"Method for determining a required adaption of a bias of an electro-optic modulator" was invented by Michael Eiselt (Kirchheim, Germany) and Pablo Castro Ayala (Meiningen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a method for determining a required adaption of a bias of an electro-optic modulator. The electro-optic modulator includes an input waveguide that is split into two paths. The two paths are then recombined into an output waveguide. The method includes the steps of recording a modulation voltage applied to the electro-optic modulator ov...