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- Patent Title: Particulate matter sensors based on split beam self-mixing interferometry sensors
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Application No.: US16833199Application Date: 2020-03-27
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Publication No.: US11774342B2Publication Date: 2023-10-03
- Inventor: Mehmet Mutlu , Miaolei Yan , Michael K. Brown , Richard Yeh
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
- Main IPC: G01N15/14
- IPC: G01N15/14 ; G01N15/06 ; G01S7/4912 ; G01P5/26 ; G01P5/00 ; G01P5/20

Abstract:
Various sensors, including particulate matter sensors, are described. One particulate matter sensor includes a self-mixing interferometry sensor and a set of one or more optical elements. The set of one or more optical elements is positioned to receive an optical emission of the self-mixing interferometry sensor, split the optical emission into multiple beams, and direct each beam of the multiple beams in a different direction. The self-mixing interferometry sensor is configured to generate particle speed information for particles passing through respective measurement regions of the multiple beams.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200319082A1 Particulate Matter Sensors Based on Split Beam Self-Mixing Interferometry Sensors Public/Granted day:2020-10-08
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