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公开(公告)号：US11366332B2
公开(公告)日：2022-06-21
申请号：US16702639
申请日：2019-12-04
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Christopher Hu , Ahmed Rashid , Colleen F. Mischke , Peng Chen , Talisa Mohammad Nejad , Xiao Hu , Yazan Z. Alnahhas
Abstract: An optical module includes an enclosure and an optical output assembly mounted on the enclosure. An emitter mounted in the enclosure is configured to emit a beam of light toward the optical output assembly. A connector, which includes two conductive layers separated by a dielectric layer, has a first side connected to the enclosure and a second side connected to the optical output assembly. An electrical trace disposed on the enclosure is connected to the first side of the connector so as to define a test circuit having a capacitance. Control circuitry is coupled to sense the capacitance of the test circuit, and configured to inhibit operation of the emitter upon sensing a change in the capacitance that exceeds a predetermined threshold.
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公开(公告)号：US10470307B2
公开(公告)日：2019-11-05
申请号：US16016610
申请日：2018-06-24
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Dennis R. Pyper , Venkataram R. Raju , Yazan Z. Alnahhas
Abstract: An apparatus includes a main substrate, a device, and a heat spreader. The main substrate is configured for mounting the device in a mounting location thereon and having a cavity located below the mounting location. The device is mounted in the mounting location, and the heat spreader is fitted into the cavity and coupled to the device and to a heat sink. The heat spreader is configured to conduct heat from the device to the heat sink and to provide electrical insulation between the device and the heat sink.
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公开(公告)号：US20190162691A1
公开(公告)日：2019-05-30
申请号：US16244127
申请日：2019-01-10
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Hannah D. Noble , Kevin A. Sawyer , Martin B. Adamcyk , Yazan Z. Alnahhas , Yu Qiao Qu , Moshe Kriman , Adar Magen
Abstract: An optical module includes first and second transparent substrates and a spacer between the first and second transparent substrates, holding the first transparent substrate in proximity to the second transparent substrate, with first and second diffractive optical elements (DOEs) on respective faces of the first and second transparent substrates. At least first and second capacitance electrodes are disposed respectively on the first and second transparent substrates in proximity to the first and second DOEs. Circuitry is coupled to measure changes in a capacitance between at least the first and second capacitance electrodes.
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公开(公告)号：US20240107186A1
公开(公告)日：2024-03-28
申请号：US18372047
申请日：2023-09-22
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Hossein Sadeghi , Andrew T. Herrington , Gilad Michael , John L. Orlowski , Yazan Z. Alnahhas
IPC: H04N25/11 , H04N25/531 , H04N25/58 , H04N25/75
CPC classification number: H04N25/11 , H04N25/531 , H04N25/58 , H04N25/75
Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed for a single RGBIR camera module that is capable of imaging at both the visible and IR wavelengths. In some embodiments, a camera module comprises: an image sensor comprising: a microlens array; a color filter array (CFA) comprising a red filter, a blue filter, a green filter and at least one infrared (IR) filter; and a pixel array comprising pixels to convert light received through the color filter array into electrical signals; and an image signal processor (ISP) configured to: initiate capture of a first frame by reading signal pixels from the pixel array; initiate capture of a second frame by reading IR pixels from the pixel array; align the first and second frames; and extract the second frame from the first frame to generate a third enhanced frame.
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公开(公告)号：US11699715B1
公开(公告)日：2023-07-11
申请号：US17013599
申请日：2020-09-06
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Yazan Z. Alnahhas
IPC: H01L27/146
CPC classification number: H01L27/14636 , H01L27/14627 , H01L27/14643 , H01L27/14685 , H01L27/14687
Abstract: An optoelectronic assembly includes an integrated circuit (IC) chip including, on its front side, a photoconversion region and first electrical contact pads disposed alongside the photoconversion region. A circuit substrate contains a cavity into which the IC chip is inserted through the lower side and has a window opening through the upper side in communication with the cavity such that the photoconversion region of the IC chip is exposed through the window. The circuit substrate includes electrical circuit traces, which include second electrical contact pads disposed within the cavity alongside the window so as to contact the first electrical contact pads on the front side of the IC chip within the cavity. A base includes a stiff, heat-conducting material, to which the lower side of the circuit substrate is fixed. A malleable heat-conducting layer is compressed between the rear side of the IC chip and the base.
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公开(公告)号：US20200292839A1
公开(公告)日：2020-09-17
申请号：US16702639
申请日：2019-12-04
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Christopher Hu , Ahmed Rashid , Colleen F. Mischke , Peng Chen , Talisa Mohammad Nejad , Xiao Hu , Yazan Z. Alnahhas
Abstract: An optical module includes an enclosure and an optical output assembly mounted on the enclosure. An emitter mounted in the enclosure is configured to emit a beam of light toward the optical output assembly. A connector, which includes two conductive layers separated by a dielectric layer, has a first side connected to the enclosure and a second side connected to the optical output assembly. An electrical trace disposed on the enclosure is connected to the first side of the connector so as to define a test circuit having a capacitance. Control circuitry is coupled to sense the capacitance of the test circuit, and configured to inhibit operation of the emitter upon sensing a change in the capacitance that exceeds a predetermined threshold.
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公开(公告)号：US20170160209A1
公开(公告)日：2017-06-08
申请号：US14957643
申请日：2015-12-03
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Jawad Nawasra , Yazan Z. Alnahhas
IPC: G01N21/958
CPC classification number: G01N21/958 , G01N2201/06113
Abstract: An apparatus for testing diffraction or diffusion of a light beam is provided. The apparatus includes a photosensitive semiconductor, shaped to define an aperture. At least one anode, and a plurality of cathodes, are coupled to the semiconductor. An optical element, configured to modify an angular spread of a light beam that traverses the optical element, is disposed within the aperture. A detector is configured to detect electric currents that pass between the cathodes and the anode in response to a portion of the light beam exiting the optical element and hitting the semiconductor. Other embodiments are also described.
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公开(公告)号：US20240106203A1
公开(公告)日：2024-03-28
申请号：US18078819
申请日：2022-12-09
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Chin Han Lin , Yazan Z. Alnahhas , Fei Tan
Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure relate to an optoelectronic device having an epitaxial stack, an array of laser emitters, and a thermal sensor. The epitaxial stack includes a set of epitaxial layers. The array of laser emitters is formed in the set of epitaxial layers. The thermal sensor is coupled to the epitaxial stack at a location adjacent to a laser emitter of the array of laser emitters. The optoelectronic device further includes a controller configured to receive an output of the thermal sensor and determine a temperature at a junction between an active region and an inactive region in the laser emitter by in-situ measurements.
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公开(公告)号：US20240004034A1
公开(公告)日：2024-01-04
申请号：US18195867
申请日：2023-05-10
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Tong Chen , Brandon J. Hui , Jianmin Gong , Mark T. Winkler , Runyu Liu , Yazan Z. Alnahhas , Yohai Zmora
CPC classification number: G01S7/4813 , G01S17/08 , G01S7/4816 , G01S7/4815
Abstract: An optical sensor module includes a module housing defining a first compartment having a first aperture and a second compartment having a second aperture, with the second aperture spaced apart from the first aperture. A set of optical emitters is disposed in the first compartment and configured to emit light through the first aperture. A first set of optical detectors is disposed in the first compartment and configured to receive a first redirected portion of the emitted light through the first aperture. A set of optical elements is disposed in the first compartment and configured to direct at least a portion of the emitted light or the first redirected portion of the emitted light. A second set of optical detectors is disposed in the second compartment and configured to receive a second redirected portion of the emitted light through the second aperture.
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公开(公告)号：US11763472B1
公开(公告)日：2023-09-19
申请号：US17200832
申请日：2021-03-14
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Yazan Z. Alnahhas , Harish Venkataraman
IPC: G06T7/521 , G01S17/894
CPC classification number: G06T7/521 , G01S17/894 , G06T2207/10028
Abstract: Apparatus for optical sensing includes an illumination assembly, which directs first optical radiation toward a target scene over a first range of angles and second optical radiation over at least one second range of angles, which is smaller than and contained within the first range, while modulating the optical radiation with a carrier wave having at least one predetermined carrier frequency. A detection assembly includes an array of sensing elements, which output respective signals in response to the first and the second optical radiation. Processing circuitry drives the illumination assembly to direct the first and the second optical radiation toward the target scene in alternation, and processes the signals output by the sensing elements in response to the first optical radiation in order to compute depth coordinates of points in the target scene, while correcting the computed depth coordinates in response to the second optical radiation.
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