公开(公告)号：US11480463B2

公开(公告)日：2022-10-25

申请号：US17238444

申请日：2021-04-23

Applicant: UNM RAINFOREST INNOVATIONS

Inventor： Steven R. J. Brueck ,  Alexander Neumann ,  Payman Zarkesh-Ha

IPC: G01J1/06 ,  G01J3/02 ,  G01J3/18 ,  G01J1/44 ,  G01J3/28 ,  G02B6/122 ,  G02B6/124 ,  H01L27/144 ,  H01L31/02 ,  H01L31/0216 ,  H01L31/0232 ,  H01L31/103 ,  G02B6/12

Abstract: An occupancy sensor covering a wide field in an integrated chip is disclosed. The occupancy sensor includes an array of grating coupled waveguide sensors wherein continuous wave (cw) signals monitor an ambient light field for dynamic changes on times scales of seconds, and high frequency signals map in three-dimensions of the space using time-of-flight (TOF) measurements, pixel level electronics that perform signal processing; array level electronics that perform additional signal processing; and communications and site level electronics that interface with actuators to respond to occupancy sensing.

公开(公告)号：US11629521B2

公开(公告)日：2023-04-18

申请号：US17318916

申请日：2021-05-12

Applicant: UNM Rainforest Innovations

Inventor： Payman Zarkesh-Ha ,  Tim Pressnail

IPC: E04H15/58 ,  E04H15/34 ,  E04H15/04 ,  E04H15/10

Abstract: A sun tracking canopy structure having a canopy positionable to maintain a shaded area based on calculated solar elevation and azimuth.

公开(公告)号：US11008611B2

公开(公告)日：2021-05-18

申请号：US14347713

申请日：2012-09-28

Applicant: UNM Rainforest Innovations

Inventor： Payman Zarkesh-Ha ,  Steven R. J. Brueck ,  Jeremy Edwards

IPC: G01N27/00 ,  G01N27/414 ,  C12Q1/6869 ,  C12Q1/6806 ,  C12Q1/6874

Abstract: Devices that include a substrate; a source region and a drain region formed within the substrate and having a channel region provided therebetween; a first insulating layer formed over the channel region; a first floating gate formed over the first insulating layer, the first floating gate configured to respond to an analyte in a target material; and a second gate formed over the first floating gate, the second gate capacatively coupled but not electrically connected to the first floating gate.

公开(公告)号：US11326946B2

公开(公告)日：2022-05-10

申请号：US16605529

申请日：2018-05-22

Applicant: UNM RAINFOREST INNOVATIONS

Inventor： Steven R. J. Brueck ,  Payman Zarkesh-Ha ,  Alexander Neumann

IPC: G01J3/24 ,  G01J3/28 ,  G02B6/12 ,  G01J3/02 ,  G01J3/18

Abstract: Provided is a spectral sensor array, including: a planar waveguide on a substrate; a chirped input coupling grating, wherein the chirped input coupling grating comprises a transverse chirp to provide a spectrally selective coupling of incident light into the planar waveguide; an output coupling grating; and an array of photodetectors arranged to receive the light coupled out of the waveguide.

公开(公告)号：US20210355704A1

公开(公告)日：2021-11-18

申请号：US17318916

申请日：2021-05-12

Applicant: UNM Rainforest Innovations

Inventor： Payman Zarkesh-Ha ,  Tim Pressnall

IPC: E04H15/58 ,  E04H15/04 ,  E04H15/34

Abstract: A sun tracking canopy structure having a canopy positionable to maintain a shaded area based on calculated solar elevation and azimuth.

公开(公告)号：US10989590B2

公开(公告)日：2021-04-27

申请号：US16542505

申请日：2019-08-16

Applicant: UNM RAINFOREST INNOVATIONS

Inventor： Steven R. J. Brueck ,  Alexander Neumann ,  Payman Zarkesh-Ha

IPC: G01J1/06 ,  G01J3/18 ,  G01J3/02 ,  G01J1/44 ,  G01J3/28 ,  G02B6/122 ,  G02B6/124 ,  H01L27/144 ,  H01L31/02 ,  H01L31/0216 ,  H01L31/0232 ,  H01L31/103 ,  G02B6/12

Abstract: A 2-D sensor array includes a semiconductor substrate and a plurality of pixels disposed on the semiconductor substrate. Each pixel includes a coupling region and a junction region, and a slab waveguide structure disposed on the semiconductor substrate and extending from the coupling region to the region. The slab waveguide includes a confinement layer disposed between a first cladding layer and a second cladding layer. The first cladding and the second cladding each have a refractive index that is lower than a refractive index of the confinement layer. Each pixel also includes a coupling structure disposed in the coupling region and within the slab waveguide. The coupling structure includes two materials having different indices of refraction arranged as a grating defined by a grating period. The junction region comprises a p-n junction in communication with electrical contacts for biasing and collection of carriers resulting from absorption of incident radiation.