ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,663, issued on June 30, was assigned to Advanced Semiconductor Engineering Inc. (Kaohsiung, Taiwan).

"Electronic device" was invented by Jr-Wei Lin (Kaohsiung, Taiwan), Mei-Ju Lu (Kaohsiung, Taiwan) and Wen Chieh Yang (Kaohsiung, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device includes a first transducer, a second transducer and a bridging component. The second transducer is spaced apart from the first transducer. The bridging component is configured for lateral optical-signal coupling with the first transducer and the second transducer."

The patent was filed on April 14, 2023, under Application No. 18/135,080.

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