US Patent Issued to TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING on Oct. 6 for "Edge coupler and method of forming the same" (Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,754,374, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Edge coupler and method of forming the same" was invented by Cheng-Tse Tang (Hsinchu County, Taiwan) and Chewn-Pu Jou (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes: receiving a substrate; and forming an edge coupler on the substrate, the edge coupler configured to receive light. The forming includes: depositing a first edge coupling member extending in a first direction in a first layer over the substrate; and depositing a second edge coupling member extending in the first direction in a second layer over the ...