US Patent Issued to ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA on April 21 for "Relaxed tolerance adiabatic coupler for optical interconnects" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,802, issued on April 21, was assigned to ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA (Tucson, Ariz.).

"Relaxed tolerance adiabatic coupler for optical interconnects" was invented by Erfan M. Fard (Tucson, Ariz.), Robert A. Norwood (Tucson, Ariz.), Thomas L. Koch (Tucson, Ariz.) and Stanley K. Pau (Tucson, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical arrangement includes an optical printed circuit board (OPCB) having at least a first optical waveguide having a first end located on the OPCB. The optical arrangement also includes at least one photonic integrated circuit (PIC) mounted to the OPCB. The PIC includes...