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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2014
Princeton Optronics Inc., Mercerville, NJ (US);
Jean F. Seurin, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);
Chuni L Ghosh, West Windsor, NJ (US);
Qing Wang, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Laurence S. Watkins, Pennington, NJ (US);
Other;
Abstract
VCSEL arrays with planar electrical contacts readily adaptable for surface mounting are provided. Monolithic VCSEL arrays are configured in array patterns on two and three-dimensional surfaces for configuring optical illuminator modules. Illuminator modules are easily expandable by increasing the array size or by modularly arranging more arrays with or without a transparent substrate, in different shapes by tiling array modules monolithically on a common substrate, or by tiling small modules. The surface mountable illuminator modules are easily assembled on a thermally conductive surface that may be air or liquid cooled for efficient heat dissipation. Array modules may be integrated with other electronic circuits such as current drivers, sensors, controllers, processors, etc. on a common platform, for example, a single or multiple layer printed circuit boards (PCB) to assemble illumination systems for different applications including a gesture recognition apparatus and a battery operated portable illuminator devices.