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US 2024/0255702 A1Published application
Optical transceiver arrays
AssigneeLyte Ai, Inc.
InventorsArman Hajati, Yuval Gerson, Alexander Shpunt
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Abstract
An optoelectronic apparatus includes a dual folding mirror, which is mounted on a carrier substrate and includes first and second reflecting surfaces disposed at opposite angles relative to a normal to the carrier substrate. First and second sensing devices are disposed respectively in proximity to the first and second reflecting surfaces. Each sensing device includes a planar substrate disposed on the carrier substrate and an array of sensing cells disposed on the planar substrate and including respective edge couplers disposed along the edge of the planar substrate so as to couple optical radiation between the sensing cells and the respective reflecting surface.
Claims41
An optoelectronic apparatus, comprising:
- a carrier substrate;
- a dual folding mirror mounted on the carrier substrate and comprising first and second reflecting surfaces disposed at opposite angles relative to a normal to the carrier substrate;
- a first sensing device, comprising:
- a first planar substrate disposed on the carrier substrate with a first edge of the first planar substrate in proximity to the first reflecting surface;
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- a first array of first sensing cells disposed on the first planar substrate and comprising respective first edge couplers disposed along the first edge of the first planar substrate so as to couple optical radiation between the first sensing cells and the first reflecting surface;
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- a second sensing device, comprising:
- a second planar substrate disposed on the carrier substrate with a second edge of the second planar substrate in proximity to the second reflecting surface;
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- a second array of second sensing cells disposed on the second planar substrate and comprising respective second edge couplers disposed along the second edge of the second planar substrate so as to couple optical radiation between the second sensing cells and the second reflecting surface.
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An optoelectronic apparatus, comprising:
- a sensing device, comprising:
- a planar substrate;
- and
- an array of sensing cells disposed on the substrate and comprising respective optical transducers, which are configured to couple optical radiation between the sensing cells and a target external to the substrate, thereby defining respective optical apertures of the sensing cells, and which are located at respective nodes on respective rows and columns of a two-dimensional rectangular grid such that no more than half the nodes on the respective rows and columns are occupied by the optical transducers;
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- a scanner, which is configured to scan the optical apertures across the target along at least the rows of the grid so that the optical apertures are projected successively onto respective sequences of multiple nodes in the rectangular grid on the target.
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A method for optical sensing, comprising:
- mounting on a carrier substrate a dual folding mirror comprising first and second reflecting surfaces disposed at opposite angles relative to a normal to the carrier substrate;
- placing on the carrier substrate a first sensing device comprising a first planar substrate and a first array of first sensing cells disposed on the first planar substrate and comprising respective first edge couplers disposed along a first edge of the first planar substrate, such that the first edge of the first planar substrate is in proximity to the first reflecting surface, whereby the first edge couplers couple optical radiation between the first sensing cells and the first reflecting surface;
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- placing on the carrier substrate a second sensing device comprising a second planar substrate and a second array of second sensing cells disposed on the second planar substrate and comprising respective second edge couplers disposed along a second edge of the second planar substrate, such that the second edge of the second planar substrate is in proximity to the second reflecting surface, whereby the second edge couplers couple optical radiation between the second sensing cells and the second reflecting surface.
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A method for optical sensing, comprising:
- providing an array of sensing cells on a planar substrate, the sensing cells comprising respective optical transducers, which couple optical radiation between the sensing cells and a target external to the substrate, thereby defining respective optical apertures of the sensing cells, and which are located at respective nodes on respective rows and columns of a two-dimensional rectangular grid such that no more than half the nodes on the respective rows and columns are occupied by the optical transducers;
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- scanning the optical apertures across the target along at least the rows of the grid so that the optical apertures are projected successively onto respective sequences of multiple nodes in the rectangular grid on the target.
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