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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2020
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Omid Momtahan, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Tong Chen, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/112 (2013.01); H04B 10/50 (2013.01); G02B 26/08 (2006.01); H04B 10/079 (2013.01); G02B 26/10 (2006.01); H04B 10/69 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/1121 (2013.01); G02B 26/0875 (2013.01); G02B 26/101 (2013.01); H04B 10/07955 (2013.01); H04B 10/503 (2013.01); H04B 10/691 (2013.01);
Abstract
A directional free-space optical communication system includes a source device including a laser diode and an endpoint device including a photodiode. The endpoint device and the source device also include an adjustable optics subsystem that increases both angular and positional offset tolerance between the source device and the endpoint device.