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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2017
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventor:
Jaechul Park, Yangju-si, KR;
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/295 (2006.01); G02B 6/35 (2006.01); B81B 7/00 (2006.01); G02B 6/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/2955 (2013.01); G02B 6/3596 (2013.01); B81B 7/0003 (2013.01); G02B 6/4257 (2013.01);
Abstract
A beam steering device and a system employing the same are provided. The beam steering device includes: waveguides provided on a substrate to form channels through which light is transmitted; a modulators provided on the waveguides and configured to change, according to electrical signals, a phase of the light by changing a refractive index of the light which passes through the waveguides; and a driving circuit configured to provide the electrical signals to the modulators to drive the modulators.