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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2019
Applicant:
Orbotech Ltd., Yavne, IL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Orbotech Ltd., Yavne, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/33 (2006.01); G02F 1/11 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/332 (2013.01); G02F 1/11 (2013.01); G02F 1/33 (2013.01); G02F 2203/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
Optical apparatus includes an acousto-optic medium and an array of multiple piezoelectric transducers attached to the acousto-optic medium. A drive circuit is coupled to apply to the piezoelectric transducers respective drive signals including at least first and second frequency components at different, respective first and second frequencies and with different, respective phase offsets for the first and second frequency components at each of the multiple piezoelectric transducers.