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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2023
Filed:
May. 11, 2020
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Arman Hajati, San Mateo, CA (US);
Eric J. Hansotte, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Robert S. Upton, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/10 (2006.01); G02B 27/09 (2006.01); B23K 26/073 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/0983 (2013.01); B23K 26/0732 (2013.01); G02B 27/0927 (2013.01);
Abstract
An optical component includes a block of a transparent material, having a trapezoidal cross-section defined by first and second parallel, rectangular faces on mutually-opposing sides of the block and third and fourth faces oriented diagonally at opposing ends of the first and second faces. One or more planar, partially-reflecting layers extend within the block between the third and fourth faces in an orientation parallel to the first and second faces.