Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Determining pointing accuracy using optical fiber bundle
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Application No.: US17062169Application Date: 2020-10-02
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Publication No.: US11454769B2Publication Date: 2022-09-27
- Inventor: Devin Brinkley , Paul Csonka , Sanam Mozaffari , Baris Ibrahim Erkmen
- Applicant: X DEVELOPMENT LLC
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: X DEVELOPMENT LLC
- Current Assignee: X DEVELOPMENT LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: Botos Churchill IP Law, LLP
- Main IPC: H04B10/00
- IPC: H04B10/00 ; G02B6/42 ; H04B10/69 ; H04B10/25 ; H04B10/112

Abstract:
A free-space optical communication device includes an optical fiber bundle and one or more processors. The optical fiber bundle includes a central fiber connected to a first photodetector, and a plurality of surrounding fibers, each surrounding fiber connected to a corresponding second photodetector. The one or more processors are in communication with the first photodetector and each second photodetector. The one or more processors are also configured to receive a current or voltage generated at the first photodetector and each second photodetector and to determine a pointing accuracy of a beam received at the optical fiber bundle based on the current or voltage generated at the second photodetectors.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220107473A1 DETERMINING POINTING ACCURACY USING OPTICAL FIBER BUNDLE Public/Granted day:2022-04-07
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