Abstract: A lighting device disclosed in an embodiment of the invention includes a substrate; a plurality of light emitting devices on the substrate; a first reflective layer on the substrate; a resin layer on the first reflective layer and including a first surface from which light emitted from the light emitting device is extracted; a second reflective layer on the resin layer; and a light extraction layer on the first surface of the resin layer, wherein the first surface of the resin layer has a convex portion having a convex exit surface facing to each of the light emitting devices, and concave portions between the convex portions, and the light extraction layer may include a first extraction portion having protrusions on each exit surface, and second extraction portions concave between the plurality of protrusions.

Abstract: A printed circuit board according to an embodiment includes a first insulating layer; a second insulating layer disposed on the first insulating layer and including a cavity; and a pad disposed on the first insulating layer and exposed through the cavity; wherein the second insulating layer includes a first portion disposed on an upper surface of the first insulating layer in a region where the cavity is formed; and a second portion other than the first portion, and wherein a thickness of the first portion is smaller than a thickness of the second portion.

Abstract: A lens moving apparatus includes a base comprising a body and a post extending upward from an upper surface of the body; a bobbin disposed on the body; a magnet disposed on the bobbin; and a coil disposed to correspond to the magnet and configured to move the bobbin in a direction parallel to an optical axis by an interaction with the magnet; and a rolling member disposed between the bobbin and the post of the base. The post includes a groove having an opening spaced from opposite ends of the groove, and the rolling member is disposed in the groove of the post, and the opening is configured to expose a portion of the rolling member. The bobbin includes a support extending into the opening so as to be in contact with the rolling member.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described for optical processing. According to some aspects an apparatus may include a pixelated photodiode array (PDA), wherein each pixel in the PDA includes a radiation detector. The optical processing apparatus may also include a memory that stores one or more characteristics for each pixel in the PDA, and a read out integrated circuit (ROIC) communicatively coupled to the FPA and the memory. In some aspects, the ROIC reads from the memory the one or more characteristics for each pixel in the PDA, and adjusts an arm/disarm bias voltage for each pixel in the PDA based on the one or more characteristics of each pixel.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described for optical processing. According to some aspects an optical processing apparatus may include a pixelated photodiode array (PDA), each pixel in the PDA includes a radiation detector. The apparatus also includes a read out integrated circuit (ROIC) that includes a logic circuit and a plurality of switch elements. The plurality of switch elements being switchable between an armed state for arming its corresponding radiation detector and transmitting a signal received from the corresponding detector to the ROIC, and a disarmed state for disarming its corresponding detector and blocking transmittal of the signal, wherein in the armed state, the PDA is configured to detect an incoming optical signal and in the disarmed state, the PDA is configured to disregard the incoming optical signal. Moreover, the logic circuit controls a switch state of a selectable switch element associated with a radiation detector.

Abstract: A lens moving apparatus including a housing; a bobbin disposed in the housing; a magnet disposed on the housing; a first coil disposed on the bobbin; an upper elastic member coupled to an upper portion of the bobbin and to an upper portion of the housing; a base disposed under the housing; a terminal disposed on the base; a circuit member disposed on the base and comprising a pad portion; and a support connecting the upper elastic member and the terminal.

Abstract: A camera actuator according to an embodiment includes a base; a rail guide part coupled to the base; a first lens assembly coupled to the base and fixed; and second and third lens assemblies disposed in the base and moving along the rail guide part, wherein the base includes a coupling protrusion and a base recess adjacent to the coupling protrusion; and at least one of the rail guide part and the first lens assembly includes a coupling hole corresponding to the coupling protrusion of the base.

Abstract: A magnetic element according to an embodiment of the present invention a first core, a second core, a bobbin including a through-hole, the bobbin being at least partially disposed between the first core and the second core, a first coil unit and a second coil unit at least partially disposed on the bobbin, wherein at least one of the first coil unit or the second coil unit includes a plurality of conductive wires disposed around the through-hole, wherein the bobbin includes a first portion formed to allow the first end portion and the second end portion of each of the plurality of conductive wires to be disposed thereon and a second portion formed opposite the first portion in a horizontal direction, with the through-hole interposed therebetween, and wherein portions of the plurality of conductive wires overlap each other vertically on the second portion.

Abstract: A flexible printed circuit board according to an embodiment includes: a substrate; and a circuit pattern disposed on the substrate, wherein the circuit pattern includes a plurality of first circuit patterns, a plurality of second circuit patterns, and a plurality of third circuit patterns, wherein the third circuit pattern includes a third-first pad portion, a third-second pad portion, and a third wiring portion connecting the third-first pad portion and the third-second pad portion, a plurality of fourth wiring portions are disposed between a plurality of third wiring portions, a line width of the third wiring portion is greater than a line width of the fourth wiring portion, and a distance between the third wiring portion and the fourth wiring portion adjacent to the third wiring portion is greater than a distance between the fourth wiring portions.

Abstract: An embodiment includes a housing, a bobbin disposed in the housing, a first coil disposed on the bobbin, a magnet disposed in the housing, an upper spring coupled to an upper part of the bobbin and an upper part of the housing, a circuit substrate disposed under the housing, a support member electrically connecting the upper spring and the circuit substrate, and a damper disposed on the upper spring, wherein the upper spring includes an outer side portion coupled to the housing, a first coupling portion coupled to the support member, and a first connecting portion which connects the outer side portion and the first coupling portion, the first coupling portion further including a first extension extending from the first coupling portion toward the outer side portion, the first extension is spaced apart from the outer side portion, and the damper connects the first extension and the outer side portion.

Abstract: One embodiment comprises: a housing; a bobbin, which is arranged inside the housing and is for mounting a lens; first coils arranged around the outer peripheral surface of the bobbin; a first magnet arranged in the housing; a second magnet arranged at the bobbin and spaced from the first coils; and a first position sensor arranged in the housing and sensing the intensity of a magnetic field of the second magnet, wherein the length of the second magnet in the direction of an optical axis is shorter than the length of thereof in the direction perpendicular to the direction of the optical axis.

Abstract: Discussed is a deposition mask including a metal plate. The metal plate includes an alloy of nickel (Ni) and iron (Fe) having a plurality of through-holes. Each of the through-holes includes a first surface hole, a second surface hole opposite to the first surface hole, and a connecting part through which the first surface hole and the second surface hole communicate with each other. The metal plate includes a first outer portion, a second outer portion opposite to the first outer portion and a central portion between the first outer portion and the second outer portion. Nickel contents of the first outer portion and the second outer portion are greater than that of the central portion.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are system and method embodiments for generating a signal indicative of light received by a lidar unit that has a high signal-to-noise ratio. For example, the system includes a focal plane assembly (FPA) with an array of detectors. The FPA includes a micro-lens array (MLA) with an input surface that is configured to receive light, and an array of optics forming an output surface arranged along a focal plane that is configured to focus the light on the array of detectors. A mask is disposed over an outer portion of at least one of the input surface and the output surface. The mask is configured to absorb stray light and reduce optical noise within the MLA.

Abstract: A lens driving apparatus, a camera module including the lens driving apparatus, and an optical device including the camera module are provided. The lens driving apparatus includes a base; a first substrate placed on the base; a housing placed on the first substrate; a bobbin placed inside the housing; a lower resilient member for coupling the bobbin and the housing; a first coil placed on the bobbin; a magnet placed on the housing and facing the first coil; and a second substrate placed on the first substrate and comprising a second coil which faces the magnet. The lower resilient member is connected to the first substrate or the second substrate.

Abstract: An embodiment may comprise a lighting device comprising: a substrate comprising a first side surface to a fourth side surface; a resin layer including a plurality of grooves including a bottom surface, an exit surface, and an inclined surface; a plurality of light emitting devices disposed inside the grooves and emitting a first light; a reflective layer formed on the inclined surface; and a diffusion layer disposed on the resin layer. The plurality of grooves extends in a direction from the third side surface to the fourth side surface and are arranged in a direction from the first side surface to a second side surface. The plurality of grooves includes a first groove closest to the first side surface of the substrate and a second groove adjacent to the first groove.

Abstract: A lighting device disclosed in an embodiment of the invention includes a substrate; a plurality of light emitting devices on the substrate; a first reflective layer on the substrate; a resin layer on the first reflective layer; and a second reflective layer on the resin layer. The resin layer includes a first surface from which light emitted from the plurality of light emitting devices is emitted, and a second surface opposite to the first surface, wherein the first surface of the resin layer includes a first exit surface having a first curvature, and a second exit surface having a flat surface or a second curvature, wherein a maximum distance from the second surface to the first exit surface may be greater than a maximum distance from the second surface to the second exit surface.

Abstract: An optical array waveguide grating-type multiplexer and demultiplexer according to an embodiment of the present invention comprise: a first substrate, a plurality of first waveguides disposed on the first substrate to be superposed in the vertical direction, which is the thickness direction of the first substrate; a 1-1st cladding layer disposed between the first substrate and a 1-1st waveguide, which is nearest to the first substrate among the plurality of first waveguides; a 1-2nd cladding layer disposed between the plurality of first waveguides; and a 1-3rd cladding layer disposed on a 1-2nd waveguide, which is furthest from the first substrate among the plurality of first waveguides.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for a vibrated polarizing beam splitter for improved return light. An example method may involve emitting, by an emitter, a first light pulse. The example method may also involve reflecting, by a polarizing beam splitter in a first position, the first light pulse, wherein the polarizing beam splitter is at a first angle of incidence in the first position. The example method may also involve adjusting, subsequent to the polarizing beam splitter reflecting the first light pulse, a position of the polarizing beam splitter from the first position to a second position, wherein the polarizing beam splitter is at a second angle of incidence in the second position. The example method may also involve transmitting, by the polarizing beam splitter, a return light pulse through the polarizing beam splitter, the return light pulse based on the first light pulse. The example method may also involve detecting, by a detector, the return light pulse.

Abstract: The present invention may provide a motor including a shaft, a rotor coupled to the shaft, a stator disposed to correspond to the rotor, and a housing configured to accommodate the stator, wherein the housing includes a first housing, a second housing, and a first member, the first housing includes a first contact surface, the second housing includes a second contact surface of which at least a partial region is in contact with the first contact surface, a groove portion is positioned between the first contact surface and the second contact surface to be exposed to an outside of the housing, and the first member is disposed in the first housing to cover the groove portion.

Abstract: A wireless power receiver of receiving power from a wireless power transmitter, including a receiving part configured to receive wireless power from the wireless power transmitter; and a main controller configured to generate a signal including an FOD status packet, wherein the main controller transmits a signal including the FOD status packet to the wireless power transmitter; wherein the main controller receives a first power from the wireless power transmitter when a NAK response indicating that a foreign object is present in a charging area of the wireless power transmitter is received from the wireless power transmitter, or receives a second power from the wireless power transmitter when an ACK response indicating that the foreign object is not present in the charging area of the wireless power transmitter is received from the wireless power transmitter, in response to the FOD status packet; and wherein the main controller receives a signal including information on a result of determining whether the for