ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,418,345, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to MARVELL ASIA PTE LTD (Singapore).

"Integrated coherent optical transceiver" was invented by Radhakrishnan L. Nagarajan (Santa Clara, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated circuit includes a silicon photonics substrate and includes a transimpedance amplifier (TIA) chip and a driver chip arranged on the silicon photonics substrate. The silicon photonics substrate includes a silicon-based material, includes electrical connections, and includes silicon photonics components configured to receive and transmit optical signals. The TIA chip includes a silicon-germanium material that is ...