ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,682, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Wavelength agile multiplexing" was invented by Mark Alan Arbore (Los Altos, Calif.) and Alfredo Bismuto (Sunnyvale, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems concerning demultiplexing and multiplexing light in optical multiplexing systems are disclosed herein. An optical multiplexing system may include a number of light emitters and a number of associated waveguides. Light emitted from each of the number of light emitters may travel through the associated waveguide and may enter a multiplexer, where a multiplexing operation may occur. At least on...