ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,936, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to SMART Photonics Holding B.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
"Structure for a photonic integrated circuit" was invented by Rui Manuel Lemos Alvares Dos Santos (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Steven Everard Filippus Kleijn (Eindhoven, Netherlands) and Petrus Johannes Adrianus Thijs (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A structure for a photonic integrated circuit, comprising: a substrate; a first portion of n-type semiconductor material on a first surface area of the substrate, a second portion of n-type semiconductor material on a second surface area of the substrate; a waveguide; and an ...