Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method of establishing optical communication channels between a steerable array of laser emitters and an array of optical detectors
- Patent Title (中): 在可控的激光发射器阵列和光学检测器阵列之间建立光通信通道的装置和方法
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Application No.: US12630044Application Date: 2009-12-03
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Publication No.: US09142938B2Publication Date: 2015-09-22
- Inventor: Terrel L. Morris , David Martin Fenwick , Richard John Luebs , Duane A. Wegher , Jeffry D. Yetter
- Applicant: Terrel L. Morris , David Martin Fenwick , Richard John Luebs , Duane A. Wegher , Jeffry D. Yetter
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
- Current Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Van Cott, Bagley, Conwall & McCarthy
- Main IPC: H01S5/00
- IPC: H01S5/00 ; H01S5/40

Abstract:
An array of light beam emitter sections comprises: a substrate having a surface divided into an array of sections; and a grouping of light emitters disposed at each surface section and configured to emit light beams at different emission angles with respect to the surface. Also disclosed is apparatus for establishing optical communication channels between the array of light beam emitter sections and an array of light detectors. Further disclosed is a method of establishing optical communication channels between the array of light emitter sections and the array of light detectors by mapping at least one light emitter of each grouping with a light detector of the detector array to establish optical communication channels between the arrays based on the mappings.
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