US Patent Issued to MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings on Dec. 16 for "Tracking and detector device for optical systems" (Michigan, New Hampshire Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,212, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings Inc. (Lowell, Mass.).

"Tracking and detector device for optical systems" was invented by Gregory M Berman (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and Kevin R Lefebvre (Windham, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tracking detector device for use in a free-space optics (FSO) system includes a position sensor and an optical receiver coupled to the bottom surface of the position sensor. The position sensor has an optical aperture configured to allow a portion of incoming light to pass through the position sensor and a plurality of position receivers located adjacent to the optical...