ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,592,780, issued on March 31, was assigned to SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Optical receiver" was invented by Kyohei Maekawa (Osaka, Japan) and Hiroshi Hara (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical receiver includes a light receiving element, a capacitor, a transimpedance amplifier, and a base. The light receiving element includes a semiconductor layer, a first conductive film electrically connected to a cathode electrode, a second conductive film electrically connected to the first conductive film through a conductor, and an anode pattern electrically connected to an anode electrode. The transimpedanc...