US Patent Issued to SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES on April 14 for "Optical connection structure and optical module" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,873, issued on April 14, was assigned to SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES Co. LTD. (Nagano, Japan).

"Optical connection structure and optical module" was invented by Kazuhiro Yoshida (Nagano, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical connection structure includes a first silicon photonic chip having a first lateral surface, a second silicon photonic chip having a second lateral surface that faces the first lateral surface, and an optical waveguide disposed astride a gap between the first silicon photonic chip and the second silicon photonic chip. The first silicon photonic chip includes a first silicon substrate and a first silicon ...