ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,980, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Ayar Labs Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).
"Planar fiber shuffle" was invented by Roy Edward Meade (Lafayette, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-MCP (multi-chip package) module assembly includes a plate, an integrated optical fiber shuffle disposed on the plate, a first MCP disposed on the plate, a second MCP disposed on the plate, a first optical fiber jumper disposed on the plate, and a second optical fiber jumper disposed on the plate. The first optical fiber jumper optically connects the first MCP to the integrated optical fiber shuffle. The second optical fiber jumper optically connect...