US Patent Issued to Cisco Technology on June 2 for "Waveguide integrated photodiode" (California, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,645,028, issued on June 2, was assigned to Cisco Technology Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Waveguide integrated photodiode" was invented by Long Chen (Marlboro, N.J.) and Gianlorenzo Masini (Carlsbad, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In part, in one aspect, the disclosure relates to a photodiode. The photodiode may include a substrate; a semiconductor layer comprising an semiconductor material, the semiconductor layer disposed on the substrate and in communication with at least a region of the substrate, the semiconductor layer having a first side, a second side, and an upper surface, the semiconductor layer having a height; a semiconduct...