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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1999
Magued Bishay, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Randall M. Chung, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
James K. Dawson, La Cañada, CA (US);
David Escobar, San Juan Capistrano, CA (US);
Mike Fukatsu, La Mirada, CA (US);
Edward Andrew Jakl, Tustin, CA (US);
Sarit Neter, Irvine, CA (US);
Ian Olsen, Irvine, CA (US);
Gregory A. Urban, Las Flores, CA (US);
Pictos Technologies, Inc., Newport Beach, CA (US);
Abstract
A semiconductor component that receives incoming light includes an integrated circuit, a package and an optics unit. The optics unit may provide a pathway, either generally or selectively, for the incoming light to the photodetector circuitry of the integrated circuit and may modify the incoming light, as well. The optics unit may be either electrically active or passive. When active, the optics unit is coupled to the integrated circuit with a conductor. The optics unit may also include a liquid crystal device, a beamsplitter assembly, a lensing assembly or other filters, and/or apertures. The liquid crystal device can act as a shutter or a display and the optics unit may be a single module or a plurality of modules. The integrated circuit may also include shutter drive circuitry and image processing circuitry.