ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,640,820, issued on May 26, was assigned to LuxSemi Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Optical interconnect system, method and device" was invented by Shahab Ardalan (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical-electrical integrated circuit system, method and device for optically coupling together a plurality of integrated circuits. Specifically, the system, method and device includes a waveguide network within an optical interface layer of a package, wherein the network optically interfaces with surface emitting light sources and photodetectors. Electrical signals received from the integrated circuits by the light sources are conver...