ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,556,280, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to ZHEJIANG LAB (Hangzhou, China).

"6.4 Tbps silicon-based photonics engine transceiver chip module for high-speed optical communication" was invented by Qiang Zhang (Hangzhou, China) and Hui Yu (Hangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A 6.4 Tbps silicon-based photonics engine transceiver chip module for high-speed optical communication manufactured based on processing techniques of semiconductors such as silicon-on-insulator (SOI) and indium phosphide (InP). The photonics engine transceiver chip module uses a silicon photonic chip as a substrate, and optical chips of an InP laser and an op...