US Patent Issued to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force on Jan. 20 for "Systems and methods for triggering optically-controlled semiconductor devices" (New Mexico Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,722, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio).

"Systems and methods for triggering optically-controlled semiconductor devices" was invented by Joseph D. Teague (Tijeras, N.M.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for triggering optically-controlled semiconductor devices, such as photoconductive semiconductor switches (PCSSs), in a defined order includes at least two optically-controlled semiconductor devices, an optical trigger selectively projecting an optical beam therefrom, wherein the optical beam is compatible with the at least two...