US Patent Issued to Lumentum Technology UK on June 23 for "Semiconductor-based modulator including a conductive strap" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,666, issued on June 23, was assigned to Lumentum Technology UK Ltd. (Northamptonshire, Great Britain).

"Semiconductor-based modulator including a conductive strap" was invented by Neil David Whitbread (Northamptonshire, Great Britain), Stephen Jones (Northamptonshire, Great Britain), Robert Griffin (Northamptonshire, Great Britain), John M. Heaton (Worcestershire, Great Britain) and Yuting Shi (Northamptonshire, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electro-optic modulator may include a radio frequency (RF) modulation region including a first optical waveguide, a second optical waveguide, a first set of electrode segments, ...