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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2015
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Zuowei Shen, Los Altos, CA (US);
Jamyuen Ko, San Jose, CA (US);
Melanie Beauchemin, Mountain View, CA (US);
Hong Liu, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ryohei Urata, San Carlos, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure discusses an improved optical transceiver. The optical transceiver of the present disclosure includes an optical transmitter and an optical receiver that are spatially separated. In some implementations, the optical receiver and optical transmitter are staggered from one another. Each of the optical receiver and the optical transmitter and housed within a separate optical lens. In some implementations, the separation of the components reduces mechanical, thermal, and electrical cross talk between the optical transmitter and the optical receiver. The separation of the components can also ease the constraints of the optical alignment between the optical transmitter and the optical receiver and each of their respective lenses.