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Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2019

Filed:

Nov. 16, 2015
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Kevin A. Sawyer, Cupertino, CA (US);

Yazan Z. Alnahhas, Mountain View, CA (US);

Assignee:

APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 29/90 (2015.01); G02B 13/00 (2006.01); F21V 25/04 (2006.01); G02B 27/42 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 9/31 (2006.01); G03B 3/10 (2006.01); G03B 21/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 29/90 (2015.01); F21V 25/04 (2013.01); G02B 13/0065 (2013.01); G02B 13/0085 (2013.01); G02B 27/425 (2013.01); G03B 3/10 (2013.01); G03B 21/142 (2013.01); H04N 5/2254 (2013.01); H04N 9/3144 (2013.01); H04N 9/3161 (2013.01); H04N 9/3173 (2013.01); G03B 2205/0084 (2013.01);
Abstract

An optical module includes a transparent substrate and a refractive optical element mounted on the substrate. A conductive heating trace is deposited on the substrate around the refractive optical element. A temperature sensor senses a temperature of the substrate. Control circuitry is coupled to the temperature sensor so as to measure a difference between the temperature of the substrate and a target operating temperature of the module, and to drive a current through the conductive heating trace, responsively to the difference, so as to heat the substrate to the target operating temperature.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Sawyer, Kevin. (2019). Integrated optical modules with enhanced reliability and integrity (U.S. Patent No. 10174931). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10174931

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