ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,659,045, issued on June 16, was assigned to CAMBRIDGE ENTERPRISE Ltd. (Cambridge, Great Britain).

"Linearization of optical transmitters for data communications" was invented by Nikolaos Bamiedakis (Cambridge, Great Britain), David George Cunningham (Cambridge, Great Britain) and Richard Vincent Penty (Cambridge, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques for driving a directly modulated laser whilst correcting non-linearities an optical output waveform, based on generating a modulating current waveform that approximates an ideal modulating current that produces a linear optical output waveform. The techniques enable useful,...