# Erich Schlaffer — Patents explained on PatentBrief

Erich Schlaffer has 1 landmark patent explained in plain English on PatentBrief.

- [How Chips Talk Fast with Light Inside a Circuit Board](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/20260003141/package-having-component-carrier-and-embedded-optical-and-electric-chips-with-ho)
  This patent describes a way to embed light-based (optical) and electricity-based (electric) computer chips directly next to each other within a circuit board, allowing them to communicate very quickly along a flat, horizontal path.

**Full profile:** https://patentbrief.org/inventor/erich-schlaffer

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