US Patent Issued to GlobalFoundries U.S. on Feb. 10 for "Photodetectors integrated with a segmented coupling-assistance feature" (New York Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,938, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc. (Malta, N.Y.).

"Photodetectors integrated with a segmented coupling-assistance feature" was invented by Yusheng Bian (Ballston Lake, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Structures including a photodetector and methods of forming a structure including a photodetector. The structure comprises a photodetector including a pad and a semiconductor layer on the pad, a first waveguide core including a tapered section adjacent to a sidewall of the semiconductor layer, and a second waveguide core including a curved section adjacent to the sidewall of the semiconductor layer. The...