ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,541,099, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to TAARA CONNECT INC. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).
"Optical phased array with grating structure" was invented by Paul Epp (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Andrei Kazmierski (Pleasanton, Calif.) and Devin Brinkley (Redwood City, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the disclosure provide a system including a first optical communications terminal comprising. The first optical communications terminal may include a common aperture for transmitting signals and receiving signals. The first optical communications terminal may also include an optical phased array (OPA) architecture including a micro-lens array incl...