ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,654, issued on June 30, was assigned to ENKRIS SEMICONDUCTOR INC. (Suzhou, China).

"Optical coupling structure and method for manufacturing the same, and optical communication system" was invented by Kai Cheng (Suzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical coupling structure includes an alignment layer, a growth substrate and an optical functional layer, the growth substrate being used for epitaxially manufacturing the optical functional layer, and the optical functional layer being aligned with a first through hole in the growth substrate; an optical fiber input end disposed in a second through hole in the alignment layer ...