Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Jong-kuk Mun

Jin-hwan Kim

Eun-Kyung Lee

Hong-kyun Yim

Yong-Hee Lee

Heui-jong Kang

Woong-lin Hwang

Kyung-ho Ha

A display connection structure of an electronic appliance is disclosed. The display connection structure includes a main body; a display for receiving an image signal from the main body and displaying an image; a connection unit including hinge pins rotatably installed at the main body, and housing provided at the display so as to be connected to the hinge pins and to pivot together with the hinge pins for detachably connecting the display to the main body; and an optical connector having portions provided at the main body and the display to correspond to each other for transmitting an image signal by light.

Display connection structure of electronic appliance

A bidirectional signal transmission device using light which adopts a photodiode-incorporated vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) as light devices so that signal transmission and reception between facing light devices is achieved via the same channel, is provided. This bidirectional signal transmission device includes first and second light devices having a VCSEL part and a photodiode part incorporated with the VCSEL part, at least one optical fiber installed between the first and second light devices, and diffraction elements installed between the first light device and the input/output port of the optical fiber and between the second light device and the output port of the optical fiber, respectively, for selectively diffracting incident light so that light output from the optical fiber is received by the photodiode part, so that a received light signal having a high S/N ratio can be detected.

Bidirectional signal transmission device using light

There is provided a device for monitoring the light output of a VCSEL and a recording and reproducing optical pick-up adopting the device. The device for monitoring the light output of a VCSEL has a half mirror positioned in front of a VCSEL, for reflecting a portion of the light emitted from the VCSEL, and a monitoring optical detector positioned behind the VCSEL, for detecting the light reflected from the half mirror. The recording and reproducing optical pick-up employing the device includes a VCSEL having a light-emitting surface for emitting light vertically from the light-emitting surface, a light output monitor for monitoring the light output of the VCSEL, an objective lens for concentrating incident light on an optical recording medium to form an optical spot thereon, a light path changer for changing a path of the light reflected from the optical recording medium, and a first optical detector for receiving the reflected light and detecting an error signal and an information signal. The light output monitor comprises a half mirror positioned in front of the VCSEL, for reflecting a portion of the light emitted from the VCSEL, and a second monitoring optical detector positioned behind the VCSEL, for detecting the light reflected from the half mirror.

Vertical cavity laser light beam monitored by reflection of a half

There is provided an assembly of a light source and an optical detector, each using a vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL). To control light emission of the VCSEL light source, spontaneous light emitted laterally therefrom is converted into an electrical signal. The optical detector for monitoring light is provided around the light source to supply the feedback electrical signal. The inner surface facing the light source of the optical detector is circular to absorb the spontaneous light and the outer surface thereof is polygonal having a plurality of peaks and valleys. Therefore, most of spontaneous light absorbed in the optical detector is reflected within, not penetrating the outer surface thereof, thereby extending the path of the spontaneous light in the optical detector and increasing the light intensity converted into an electrical signal.

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Suwon, South Korea

Jong-kuk Mun