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Light Conductor

Light Conductor patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.

01/03/08 - 20080001073 - Method and apparatus providing an optical guide for an imager pixel having a ring of air-filled spaced slots around a photosensor
A device and method to provide an optical guide of a pixel to guide incoming light onto a photosensor of the pixel and to improve the optical crosstalk immunity of an image sensor. The optical guide consists of an optically reflecting barrier formed as a trench that mitigates against optical ...

06/21/07 - 20070138380 - Funneled light pipe for pixel sensors
A photo sensing structure and methods for forming the same. The structure includes (a) a semiconductor substrate and (b) a photo collection region on the semiconductor substrate. The structure also includes a funneled light pipe on top of the photo collection region. The funneled light pipe includes (i) a bottom ...

02/01/07 - 20070023618 - Arrangement for monitoring electric devices on stray light arcs
The invention concerns an arrangement for monitoring electrical equipment for the emergence of accidental arcs. The object is to more reliably recognize the occurrence of an arc on lines, cables and/or contact sites or in devices than has been possible with previously known solutions. The proposed arrangement comprises at least ...

12/28/06 - 20060289730 - Multimode optical transmission apparatus and multimode optical transmission system
Provided is a multimode optical transmission system for reducing a deterioration of a noise characteristic and a distortion characteristic caused by an interference between modes. In an optical transmitter 11, a signal output section outputs a predetermined signal based on an inputted electrical signal. A control section 130 controls the ...

11/16/06 - 20060255250 - Optical deflection probe and optical deflection probe device
An optical fiber transmits signal light and the excitation light for driving an actuator each having a different wavelength to a probe. In the probe, the signal light and excitation light are separated from each other by an optical filter and the excitation light is irradiated to a photo diode. ...

11/02/06 - 20060243893 - A light source for lcd back-lit displays utilizing embedded light detectors
A light source having a photodetector embedded in a light pipe is disclosed. The light pipe includes a layer of transparent material having top and bottom surfaces and first and second opposing side surfaces that intersect the top and bottom surfaces. In one embodiment, the photodetector is embedded in the ...

10/12/06 - 20060226348 - System and method for power ratio determination with common mode suppression through electric field differencing
A system for processing signals includes a receiver assembly for receiving a signal. The signal has a sample component with a sample electric field and a sample polarization, and has a reference component with a reference electric field and a reference polarization. The receiver assembly includes an analyzer for polarimetrically ...

10/05/06 - 20060219878 - Signal light transmitting apparatus, signal light transmitting system using the same, and signal light transmitting method
A signal light transmitting apparatus from which signal light is led into a transmission optical fiber, the transmission optical fiber transmitting the led signal light, includes: a signal light power changer which changes power of signal light led thereto, the changed signal light being led into the transmission optical fiber ...

09/28/06 - 20060214094 - Electronic apparatus
The present invention allows illumination light of a light source which leaks out to a light receiving element to be reliably shielded and allows components to be assembled to be unitized into a compact body. A light-shielding cylindrical section 31 and a light-shielding plate 32 interposed between a light-receiving side ...

08/17/06 - 20060180750 - Single mode (sm) fiber optical reader system and method for interrogating resonant waveguide-grating sensor (s)
An optical reader system is described herein which has a single mode (SM) optical fiber launch/receive system that uses one or more SM optical fibers to interrogate a biosensor and does not use multimode (MM) optical fibers to interrogate the biosensor. The use of the SM optical fiber launch/receive system ...

05/18/06 - 20060102831 - Method and device for in-line measurment of characteristics of the surface coating of a metallurgy product
To measure the characteristics of the surface coating of a moving metal strip, such as the alliation level of a coating including zinc and iron, the product is exposed to the radiation of a radiative source with a predetermined wavelength directed orthogonally to the surface of the product and the ...

05/04/06 - 20060091302 - Apparatus and method of detecting probe tip contact with a surface
We disclose an apparatus and method for detecting probe-tip contact with a surface, generally inside a focused ion-beam instrument, where the probe tip is attached to a capsule, and the capsule is movably secured in a probe shaft. There is a fiber-optic cable having a first end and a second ...

04/06/06 - 20060071157 - Funneled light pipe for pixel sensors
A photo sensing structure and methods for forming the same. The structure includes (a) a semiconductor substrate and (b) a photo collection region on the semiconductor substrate. The structure also includes a funneled light pipe on top of the photo collection region. The funneled light pipe includes (i) a bottom ...

01/12/06 - 20060006317 - Optical fiber probe, light detection device, and light detection method
An optical fiber probe is disclosed that comprises an optical fiber and an optical probe. The optical fiber includes a core though which light emitted from a light source travels. The optical probe is configured to emit the light from a projecting end portion of the core. An inclination angle ...

12/01/05 - 20050263686 - Near field scanning microscope probe and method for fabricating same
A near-field scanning microscopy probe and a method for doing the same. A metal plasmon or dielectric waveguide is connected to a deformable material and coupled to a dielectric waveguide on a chip. The probe pops up out of the plane of the chip. The probe can be easily integrated ...

10/20/05 - 20050230606 - Method and device for measuring system
The invention relates to a method for optical measuring systems, comprising a sensor element (6) connected to a measuring and control unit (10) via an optical connection (3), and being adapted for providing a signal defining a measurement of a physical parameter (p) influencing the sensor element (6), said method ...

09/22/05 - 20050205766 - Photo-detection device and temperature distribution detection device using the same
A photo-detection device comprising a base plate made of an insulation material and having a plurality of through holes formed in the base plate at a substantially equal distance, a plurality of optical fibers each having one end including a light receiving section from an object to be detected inserted ...

06/02/05 - 20050116151 - Optical displacement sensor using optical fiber, and external force detecting device
An optical displacement sensor is provided, in which an optical fiber is disposed between a light source and a light receiving means so that light emitted from the light source is conducted therethrough so as to be duly received by the light receiving means whereby a beam diameter can be ...



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