- 专利标题: Waveguide Display with Staircase Grating Input Coupler
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申请号: US18597862申请日: 2024-03-06
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公开(公告)号: US20240310566A1公开(公告)日: 2024-09-19
- 发明人: Choon How Gan , Adam Backer , Ben-Li Sheu , Francesco Aieta , Ping Qu , Se Baek Oh , Zhenwen Ding
- 申请人: Apple Inc.
- 申请人地址: US CA Cupertino
- 专利权人: Apple Inc.
- 当前专利权人: Apple Inc.
- 当前专利权人地址: US CA Cupertino
- 主分类号: F21V8/00
- IPC分类号: F21V8/00 ; G02B27/01
摘要:
An electronic device may have a waveguide, an input coupler that couples light into the waveguide, and an optical coupler that couples the light out of the waveguide. A medium may be layered onto the waveguide. The input coupler may include a first surface relief grating (SRG) and the optical coupler may include a second SRG in the medium. The first SRG may be a non-binary staircase SRG having ridges with multiple steps. The second SRG may be a binary SRG having troughs that extend to the height of the lowest steps of the first SRG. A reflective layer may fill the first SRG. Forming the input coupler using a staircase SRG may serve to maximize the in-coupling efficiency of the input coupler, thereby maximizing the efficiency with which the light is provided to an eye box.
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