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US 2019/0377202 A1Published application
Optical Communication and Power Generation Device and Method
OwnerRaymond Hoheiselinventor
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Abstract
An integrated device comprising at least one photovoltaic element, at least one light modulating element, at least one light reflecting element and one or more electrical conductors coupled to the photovoltaic element and the light modulating element. An interrogating light beam can be pointed at the integrated device, and a modulated light beam is reflected back by the device in the direction of the interrogating light beam with the reflected light beam containing information/data being modulated by the device onto the reflected light beam.
Claims20
An integrated device comprising:
- at least one photovoltaic element, wherein the at least one photovoltaic element receives light beams and generates power for the integrated device from a first portion of the received light beams;
- at least one light modulating element disposed adjacent to the at least one photovoltaic element, wherein the at least one light modulating element modulates a second portion of the received light beams based on one or more input signals;
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- at least one light reflecting element disposed adjacent to the at least one light modulating element, wherein the at least one light reflecting element reflects the modulated second portion of the light beams in a direction substantially parallel to the received light beams.
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An integrated device comprising:
- at least one light reflecting substrate;
- a plurality of light modulating elements disposed over the at least one light reflecting substrate;
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- at least one photovoltaic element is disposed over the plurality of light modulating elements,
- wherein the at least one photovoltaic element receives light beams and generates power for the integrated device from a first portion of the received light beams;
- wherein the plurality of light modulating elements modulate a second portion of the received light beams based on one or more input signals;
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- wherein the at least one light reflecting substrate reflects the modulated second portion of the light beams in a direction substantially parallel to the received light beams.
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An integrated device comprising:
- at least one light modulating element, wherein the at least one light modulating element modulates a first light beam from a first direction based on one or more input signals;
- at least one light reflecting element disposed adjacent to the at least one light modulating element, wherein the at least one light reflecting element reflects the modulated first light beam in a second direction substantially parallel to the first direction;
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- at least one photovoltaic element disposed adjacent to the at least one light reflecting element, wherein the at least one photovoltaic element receives a second light beam from a third direction and generates power for the integrated device from the second light beam.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.