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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 25, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Werner Schairer, Weinsberg, DE;
Assignee:
Vishay Semiconductor GmbH, Heilbronn, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/024 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/024 ;
Abstract
An optical infrared transceiver for a directed bi-directional optical data transmission through the atmosphere has a stack formed of an emitter chip for transmitting IR beams, a detector chip for receiving IR beams, an integrated circuit for amplifying the transmission and reception power, and a lens aligned with the stack along an optical axis for focusing the transmitted and received beams, whereby received and transmitted beams pass through the same lens.