ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,762, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc. (Malta, N.Y.).
"Reflectors for a photonics chip" was invented by Yusheng Bian (Ballston Lake, N.Y.), Ryan Sporer (Mechanicville, N.Y.) and Karen Nummy (Newburgh, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Structures for a photonics chip that include a reflector and methods of forming such structures. The structure comprises a reflector including a dielectric layer on a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of trenches in the dielectric layer, and a reflector layer. Each trench includes a plurality of sidewalls, and the reflector layer includes a portion on the sidewalls of eac...