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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2020
Meta Platforms Technologies, Llc, Menlo Park, CA (US);
John Goward, Redmond, WA (US);
Maik Andre Scheller, Redmond, WA (US);
Anurag Tyagi, Kirkland, WA (US);
Jonathan Robert Peterson, Woodinville, WA (US);
Christopher Yuan Ting Liao, Seattle, WA (US);
Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
A high-voltage optical transformer may include (1) an array of light-emitting devices that are connected in parallel with one another and are electrically coupled to an electrical input, (2) a transfer medium, and (3) an array of photovoltaic cells that (A) are optically coupled to the array of light-emitting devices via the transfer medium, (B) are connected in series with one another, and (C) produce an electrical output whose voltage is higher than the electrical input. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.