ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,759, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Marvell Asia Pte Ltd (Singapore).
"Asymmetrical semiconductor-based optical modulator" was invented by Hamed Pishvaibazargani (Stittsville, Canada), Jie Lin (Cupertino, Calif.) and Masaki Kato (Palo Alto, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical modulator includes a semiconductor substrate and an optical waveguide portion disposed on the semiconductor substrate. A signal contact that extends alongside the optical waveguide portion is disposed on the semiconductor substrate. A first ground line is disposed on the semiconductor substrate spaced away from the signal contact by a first spac...