Abstract:
This disclosure describes optoelectronic modules that include an image sensor having at least two regions separated optically from one another by a wall. The wall can include a bridge portion that extends over the image sensor and further can include a cured adhesive portion, part of which is disposed between a lower surface of the bridge portion and an upper surface of the image sensor. Various techniques are described for fabricating the modules so as to help prevent the adhesive from contaminating sensitive regions of the image sensor. The wall can be substantially light-tight so as to prevent undesired optical cross-talk, for example, between a light emitter located to one side of the wall and a light sensitive region of the image sensor located to the other side of the wall.
Abstract:
Fabricating a wafer-scale spacer/optics structure includes replicating optical replication elements and spacer replication sections directly onto an optics wafer (or other wafer) using a single replication tool. The replicated optical elements and spacer elements can be composed of the same or different materials.
Abstract:
The waveguide structure can be manufactured on wafer-scale and comprises a holding structure and a first and a second waveguides each having a core and two end faces. The holding structure comprises a separation structure being arranged between the first and the second waveguide and provides an optical separation between the first and the second waveguide in a region between the end faces of the first and second waveguides. A method for manufacturing such a waveguide structure with at least one waveguide comprises shaping replication material by means of tool structures to obtain the end faces, hardening the replication material and removing the tool structures from a waveguide structures wafer comprising a plurality of so-obtained waveguides.
Abstract:
An optical proximity sensor module includes a substrate, a light emitter mounted on a first surface of the substrate, the light emitter being operable to emit light at a first wavelength, and a light detector mounted on the first surface of the substrate, the light detector being operable to detect light at the first wavelength. The module includes an optics member disposed substantially parallel to the substrate, and a separation member disposed between the substrate and the optics member. The separation member may surround the light emitter and the light detector, and may include a wall portion that extends from the substrate to the optics member and that separates the light emitter and the light detector from one another. The separation member may be composed, for example, of a non-transparent polymer material containing a pigment, such as carbon black.
Abstract:
Fabricating a wafer-scale spacer/optics structure includes replicating optical replication elements and spacer replication sections directly onto an optics wafer (or other wafer) using a single replication tool. The replicated optical elements and spacer elements can be composed of the same or different materials.
Abstract:
The present disclosure describes light guides and a method of manufacturing light guides that include a rectangular prism-shaped bar, a first polymer or metal cladding on four sides of the rectangular prism-shaped bar, and a second polymer cladding disposed on the first polymer cladding on the four sides of the rectangular prism-shaped bar.
Abstract:
This disclosure describes optoelectronic modules that include an image sensor having at least two regions separated optically from one another by a wall. The wall can include a bridge portion that extends over the image sensor and further can include a cured adhesive portion, part of which is disposed between a lower surface of the bridge portion and an upper surface of the image sensor. Various techniques are described for fabricating the modules so as to help prevent the adhesive from contaminating sensitive regions of the image sensor. The wall can be substantially light-tight so as to prevent undesired optical cross-talk, for example, between a light emitter located to one side of the wall and a light sensitive region of the image sensor located to the other side of the wall.
Abstract:
The waveguide structure can be manufactured on wafer-scale and comprises a holding structure and a first and a second waveguides each having a core and two end faces. The holding structure comprises a separation structure being arranged between the first and the second waveguide and provides an optical separation between the first and the second waveguide in a region between the end faces of the first and second waveguides. A method for manufacturing such a waveguide structure with at least one waveguide comprises shaping replication material by means of tool structures to obtain the end faces, hardening the replication material and removing the tool structures from a waveguide structures wafer comprising a plurality of so-obtained waveguides.
Abstract:
Fabricating a wafer-scale spacer/optics structure includes replicating optical replication elements and spacer replication sections directly onto an optics wafer (or other wafer) using a single replication tool. The replicated optical elements and spacer elements can be composed of the same or different materials.
Abstract:
Various optoelectronic modules are described that include an optoelectronic device (e.g., a light emitting or light detecting element) and a transparent cover. Non-transparent material is provided on the sidewalls of the transparent cover, which, in some implementations, can help reduce light leakage from the sides of the transparent cover or can help prevent stray light from entering the module. Fabrication techniques for making the modules also are described.