公开(公告)号：US12013585B2

公开(公告)日：2024-06-18

申请号：US17528023

申请日：2021-11-16

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Prabhakar Gulgunje ,  Brian S. Medower ,  Mahmut C. Orsan ,  Nathan K Gupta ,  Shifa Xu ,  Shubhaditya Majumdar ,  Wei Lin ,  Yazan Z Alnahhas

IPC: G02B6/04 ,  G02B6/06 ,  G02B6/08 ,  G02B6/42 ,  G02B6/43 ,  G02B6/44 ,  G02B6/122 ,  G02B6/125

CPC classification number: G02B6/4403 ,  G02B6/04 ,  G02B6/06 ,  G02B6/08 ,  G02B6/4296 ,  G02B6/4298 ,  G02B6/43 ,  G02B6/1221 ,  G02B6/125 ,  G02B6/4249

Abstract: A light pipe such as a fiber ribbon may be formed from fibers joined by binder such as extruded binder. The fiber ribbon or other light pipe may have bends. A light source may provide light to an input of a fiber ribbon that is guided by the fiber ribbon to a corresponding output. The output may be located in an interior portion of an electronic device or may be positioned so that light from the output exits the electronic device and illuminates external objects. The light source may have light-emitting devices on a substrate. The light-emitting devices may be vertical cavity surface-emitting laser diodes or other lasers and/or may be light-emitting diodes. Light-emitting devices may be arranged in discrete clusters corresponding to the locations of fiber cores in the fiber ribbon.

公开(公告)号：US20250085400A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-13

申请号：US18830624

申请日：2024-09-11

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Xiaoyin Zhu ,  Ali M. Khan ,  Andrea Manavella ,  Andrej Halabica ,  April D. Schriker ,  Austin Y. Seol ,  Bhavin J. Bijlani ,  Caihua Chen ,  Chin Han Lin ,  Cristiano L. Niclass ,  David Sicard ,  Eric D. Aspnes ,  Hazel A. McInnes ,  Henry M. Daghighian ,  Igor Raginski ,  Jiayang Cao ,  Jibum Cha ,  Jili Liu ,  Jose M. Infante Herrero ,  Julien Sarry ,  Karen A. Cabrera ,  Lorenzo Ferrari ,  Niv Gilboa ,  Noriaki Saika ,  Pietro R. Binetti ,  Pushkar Pandit ,  Reema Shalan ,  Scott T. Smith ,  Shifa Xu ,  Shingo Mandai ,  Shujun Tang ,  Sibi Sutty ,  Susan A. Thompson ,  Teimour T. Maleki ,  Thierry Oggier ,  Vikrant Dhamdhere ,  Yohai Zmora ,  Yuanlin Xie ,  Wee Keat Chong

IPC: G01S7/481 ,  G01S17/894 ,  G03B30/00 ,  H04N13/239 ,  H04N23/51 ,  H04N23/56 ,  H04N23/74

Abstract: An optoelectronic assembly includes: (i) a substrate having a cavity, (ii) an optoelectronic device, which is disposed over the cavity and includes an array of multiple emitters configured to emit a predefined number of light beams in response to receiving one or more electrical signals, and (iii) an integrated circuit (IC), which is mounted within the cavity, between the substrate and the optoelectronic device, and is configured to drive the one or more electrical signals to the optoelectronic device.

公开(公告)号：US20230034270A1

公开(公告)日：2023-02-02

申请号：US17865169

申请日：2022-07-14

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Brian S. Medower ,  Eamon H. O'Connor ,  Keith Lyon ,  Marc A. Drader ,  Salman Karbasi ,  Shifa Xu ,  Yazan Z. Alnahhas

IPC: H01S5/183 ,  H01S5/42 ,  H01S5/00 ,  F21V8/00

Abstract: An electronic device includes a substrate, a set of light emitters on the substrate and arranged in a plurality of axisymmetric light emitter groups, a set of lenses including a different lens disposed over each axisymmetric light emitter group of the plurality of axisymmetric light emitter groups, and a set of optical fibers. At least one optical fiber in the set of optical fibers has a proximal end, a distal end, and a bend between the proximal end and the distal end. The proximal end is positioned to receive light, through a respective lens in the set of lenses, from the light emitters of a respective axisymmetric light emitter group in the plurality of axisymmetric light emitter groups.

公开(公告)号：US20220236507A1

公开(公告)日：2022-07-28

申请号：US17528023

申请日：2021-11-16

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Prabhakar Gulgunje ,  Brian S. Medower ,  Mahmut C. Orsan ,  Nathan K. Gupta ,  Shifa Xu ,  Shubhaditya Majumdar ,  Wei Lin ,  Yazan Z. Alnahhas

IPC: G02B6/44 ,  G02B6/42

Abstract: A light pipe such as a fiber ribbon may be formed from fibers joined by binder such as extruded binder. The fiber ribbon or other light pipe may have bends. A light source may provide light to an input of a fiber ribbon that is guided by the fiber ribbon to a corresponding output. The output may be located in an interior portion of an electronic device or may be positioned so that light from the output exits the electronic device and illuminates external objects. The light source may have light-emitting devices on a substrate. The light-emitting devices may be vertical cavity surface-emitting laser diodes or other lasers and/or may be light-emitting diodes. Light-emitting devices may be arranged in discrete clusters corresponding to the locations of fiber cores in the fiber ribbon.