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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2015
Applicant:
Heptagon Micro Optics Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Heptagon Micro Optics Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/02 (2006.01); G01S 17/08 (2006.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); G01S 7/497 (2006.01); H05K 1/02 (2006.01); H05K 1/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/026 (2013.01); G01S 7/4813 (2013.01); G01S 7/4816 (2013.01); G01S 7/497 (2013.01); G01S 17/08 (2013.01); H05K 1/0274 (2013.01); G01S 2007/4975 (2013.01); H05K 1/181 (2013.01); H05K 1/183 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10106 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10151 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10545 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure describes proximity sensor modules that include a time-of-flight (TOF) sensor. The module can include a plurality of chambers corresponding, respectively, to a light emission channel and a light detection channel. The channels can be optically separated from one another such that light from a light emitter element in the light emission chamber does not impinge directly on light sensitive elements of the TOF sensor in the light detection chamber. To achieve a module with a relatively small footprint, some parts of the TOF sensor can be located within the light emission chamber.