Latching bubble for fluid-based optical switch
    1.
    发明授权
    Latching bubble for fluid-based optical switch 失效
    用于液体光学开关的闭锁气泡

    公开(公告)号:US06904192B2

    公开(公告)日:2005-06-07

    申请号:US10266307

    申请日:2002-10-07

    IPC分类号: G02B26/08 B81B1/00 G02B6/35

    摘要: An optical switch having liquid or bubbles in switching sites operates with a fluid pressure less than the vapor pressure of the liquid. This pressure differential is equal to the surface tension induced pressure drop across a bubble having a critical size selected according to switching site geometry. Each switching site has a stable state including a bubble larger than the critical size and another stable state with no bubble. Local heating provides nucleation energy to create a bubble but is not required to maintain the bubble. Globally or locally increasing the fluid pressure collapses bubbles in switching sites to reset all or selected switching sites. One switching site creates rapidly expanding bubbles near but outside the optical cavity of the switching site. The bubble's expansion causes liquid flow that locally increases pressure and collapses a bubble in the optical cavity or pushes the bubble from the optical cavity into an absorber cavity.

    摘要翻译: 在开关位置中具有液体或气泡的光学开关以低于液体的蒸汽压力的流体压力进行操作。 该压力差等于具有根据切换位置几何形状选择的临界尺寸的气泡上的表面张力引起的压降。 每个开关位置具有包括大于临界尺寸的气泡的稳定状态和没有气泡的另一个稳定状态。 本地加热提供成核能以产生气泡,但不需要保持气泡。 全球或局部增加流体压力会使开关点中的气泡崩溃,以重置所有或选定的切换点。 一个切换站点在切换站点的光腔附近或外部产生快速膨胀的气泡。 气泡的膨胀导致液体流动,其局部增加压力并塌陷光学腔中的气泡或将气泡从光学腔推入吸收腔。

    Wafer bonded vertical cavity surface emitting laser systems
    2.
    发明授权
    Wafer bonded vertical cavity surface emitting laser systems 有权
    晶圆贴合立式腔表面发射激光系统

    公开(公告)号:US06658041B2

    公开(公告)日:2003-12-02

    申请号:US10102294

    申请日:2002-03-20

    申请人: John J. Uebbing

    发明人: John J. Uebbing

    IPC分类号: H01S308

    摘要: Vertical cavity surface emitting laser systems and methods of making the same are described. In one aspect, a vertical cavity surface emitting laser system has a bottom side that may be flip-chip mounted to a driver substrate and a top side that is configured to transmit light through an optically transparent substrate. By this configuration, vertical cavity surface emitting laser systems may be packed together with a greater density and operated at greater speeds relative to, for example, wire bonded vertical cavity surface emitting laser systems. In addition, such systems may be flexibly tailored to produce light over a wide range of wavelengths. Such systems also may be efficiently packaged on a wafer scale.

    摘要翻译: 描述了垂直腔表面发射激光系统及其制造方法。 一方面,垂直腔表面发射激光器系统具有可以倒装芯片安装到驱动器基板的底侧和被配置为透过光学透明基板的光的顶侧。 通过这种配置,垂直腔表面发射激光器系统可以以更大的密度被包装在一起,并且相对于例如引线键合的垂直腔表面发射激光系统以更高的速度操作。 此外,这样的系统可以灵活地定制以在宽范围的波长上产生光。 这样的系统也可以有效地封装在晶片上。

    Motion detecting camera system
    8.
    发明授权
    Motion detecting camera system 有权
    运动检测摄像系统

    公开(公告)号:US07643055B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-01-05

    申请号:US10423523

    申请日:2003-04-25

    申请人: John J. Uebbing

    发明人: John J. Uebbing

    IPC分类号: H04N7/18

    CPC分类号: H04N7/181 H04N5/247

    摘要: A camera system includes a first camera having a low-resolution image sensor with a plurality of image sensing regions. The camera system includes a plurality of high-resolution cameras. Each of the high-resolution cameras is associated with a set of the plurality of image sensing regions. The first camera is configured to detect motion based on sensed images, identify a set of the image sensing regions based on the motion, and power on the high-resolution camera associated with the identified set of image sensing regions.

    摘要翻译: 相机系统包括具有多个图像感测区域的低分辨率图像传感器的第一相机。 相机系统包括多个高分辨率相机。 每个高分辨率相机与一组多个图像感测区域相关联。 第一相机被配置为基于感测图像来检测运动,基于运动识别一组图像感测区域,以及对与所识别的图像感测区域集合相关联的高分辨率相机的电力。

    Stable optical switch with reduced power consumption
    10.
    发明授权
    Stable optical switch with reduced power consumption 失效
    稳定的光开关,降低功耗

    公开(公告)号:US06718085B1

    公开(公告)日:2004-04-06

    申请号:US10266877

    申请日:2002-10-07

    IPC分类号: G02B642

    CPC分类号: G02B6/3538 G02B6/3576

    摘要: The optical switch operates in two stages. In the first stage, the bubble is “blown” into the trench. In the second stage, the sidewalls are heated to achieve a dry wall condition by improving the thermal transfer path from the heat source to the reflecting wall. Seperate side heaters are placed in thermal contact to the sidewalls. This results in a switch that is more stable, energy efficient, and has a longer mean time to failure.

    摘要翻译: 光开关分两级工作。 在第一阶段,泡沫被“吹入”沟槽。 在第二阶段中,通过改善从热源到反射壁的热传递路径来加热侧壁以实现干燥的壁面状态。 隔离侧加热器与侧壁热接触。 这导致更稳定,节能的开关,并且具有更长的平均故障时间。