- Patent Title: Integrated optical modules with enhanced reliability and integrity
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Application No.: US14941689Application Date: 2015-11-16
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Publication No.: US10174931B2Publication Date: 2019-01-08
- Inventor: Kevin A. Sawyer , Yazan Z. Alnahhas
- Applicant: APPLE INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: D. Kligler Services LTD.
- Main IPC: F21V29/90
- IPC: F21V29/90 ; G02B13/00 ; F21V25/04 ; G02B27/42 ; H04N5/225 ; H04N9/31 ; G03B3/10 ; G03B21/14

Abstract:
An optical module includes a transparent substrate and a refractive optical element mounted on the substrate. A conductive heating trace is deposited on the substrate around the refractive optical element. A temperature sensor senses a temperature of the substrate. Control circuitry is coupled to the temperature sensor so as to measure a difference between the temperature of the substrate and a target operating temperature of the module, and to drive a current through the conductive heating trace, responsively to the difference, so as to heat the substrate to the target operating temperature.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160356484A1 INTEGRATED OPTICAL MODULES WITH ENHANCED RELIABILITY AND INTEGRITY Public/Granted day:2016-12-08
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