US Patent Issued to Smiths Interconnect Canada on Jan. 20 for "Methods, devices, and architectures for inter-spacecraft optical communication" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,875, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Smiths Interconnect Canada Inc. (Kirkland, Canada).

"Methods, devices, and architectures for inter-spacecraft optical communication" was invented by Guillaume Blanchette (Montreal).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and devices for inter-spacecraft optical communication are described. The device includes a transmitter for generating a first multi-wavelength signal composed of a first set of wavelengths; a receiver for detecting a second multi-wavelength signal composed of a second set of wavelengths mutually exclusive from the first set of wavelengths; at least one first optical component co...