US Patent Issued to GlobalFoundries U.S. on July 21 for "Photonics chips including a photonic coupler and a photodetector" (New York, Vermont Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,675, issued on July 21, was assigned to GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc. (Malta, N.Y.).

"Photonics chips including a photonic coupler and a photodetector" was invented by Sujith Chandran (Clifton Park, N.Y.), Yusheng Bian (Ballston Lake, N.Y.), Abdelsalam Aboketaf (Essex Junction, Vt.) and Won Suk Lee (Malta, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Structures for a photonics chip that include a photodetector and methods of forming such structures. The structure comprises a photodetector, a first waveguide core coupled to the photodetector, and a second waveguide core coupled to the photodetector. The structure further comprises a third waveguid...