US Patent Issued to Shinko Electric Industries on Nov. 3 for "Optical module" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,657, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Shinko Electric Industries Co. LTD. (Nagano, Japan).

"Optical module" was invented by Kenji Yanagisawa (Nagano, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical module includes a first cladding layer formed on a substrate, a first groove extending through the first cladding layer in a thickness direction, and a second cladding layer formed on the first cladding layer. The optical module further includes a second groove extending through the first cladding layer and the second cladding layer in the thickness direction, a silicon photonics component mounted on the first cladding layer, and a single-...