Patents Assigned to TrueLight Corporation
  • Patent number: 11967800
    Abstract: The grating layer of a surface emitting laser is divided into a first grating region and a second grating region along a horizontal direction. The second grating region is located at a middle area of the grating layer, while the first grating region is located in an outer peripheral area of the grating layer. Each of the first and second grating regions comprises a plurality of micro-grating structures. The grating period of the micro-grating structures in the first grating region is in accordance with the following mathematical formula: ? = m ? ? 2 ? n eff ; in addition, the grating period of the micro-grating structures in the second grating region is in accordance with the following mathematical formula: ? = o ? ? 2 ? n eff . Wherein ? is the length of grating period, ? is the wavelength of the laser light, neff is the equivalent refractive index of semiconductor waveguide, m=1, and o=2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: TRUELIGHT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chien Hung Pan, Cheng Zu Wu
  • Patent number: 11831125
    Abstract: A structure of Vertical Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser (VCSEL) comprises an ion-implanted region with gas-furnace configuration arranged in the second mirror layer around a laser light output window, in order to retain several conductive passages between the inner and outer rims of the ion-implanted region, so as to let the aperture of the inner rim of the metal layer (that is, the aperture of the output window) be expanded without loss of resistance. Not only the shading effect can be removed, the spectrum width suppression function can be preserved, but also various photoelectric characteristics such as transmission eye diagram and photoelectric curve linearity can be improved, in addition, high-speed transmission characteristics can also be optimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: TrueLight Corporation
    Inventors: Yen Hsiang Wu, Jia-Yu Lin, Chih-Cheng Chen
  • Publication number: 20230291177
    Abstract: The grating layer of a surface emitting laser is divided into a first grating region and a second grating region along a horizontal direction. The second grating region is located at a middle area of the grating layer, while the first grating region is located in an outer peripheral area of the grating layer. Each of the first and second grating regions comprises a plurality of micro-grating structures. The grating period of the micro-grating structures in the first grating region is in accordance with the following mathematical formula: ? = m ? 2 ? n e f f ; in addition, the grating period of the micro-grating structures in the second grating region is in accordance with the following mathematical formula: ? = O ? 2 ? n e f f . Wherein, ? is the length of grating period, ? is the wavelength of the laser light, neff is the equivalent refractive index of semiconductor waveguide, m=1, and o=2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: TRUELIGHT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chien Hung Pan, Cheng Zu Wu
  • Publication number: 20210143610
    Abstract: The grating layer of a surface emitting laser is divided into a first grating region and a second grating region along a horizontal direction. The second grating region is located at a middle area of the grating layer, while the first grating region is located in an outer peripheral area of the grating layer. Each of the first and second grating regions comprises a plurality of micro-grating structures. The grating period of the micro-grating structures in the first grating region is in accordance with the following mathematical formula: ? = m ? ? 2 * n eff ; in addition, the grating period of the micro-grating structures in the second grating region is in accordance with the following mathematical formula: ? = o ? ? 2 * n eff . Wherein, ? is the length of grating period, ? is the wavelength of the laser light, neff is the equivalent refractive index of semiconductor waveguide, m=1, and o=2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: TRUELIGHT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chien Hung Pan, Cheng Zu Wu
  • Publication number: 20200403377
    Abstract: A structure of Vertical Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser (VCSEL) comprises an ion-implanted region with gas-furnace configuration arranged in the second mirror layer around a laser light output window, in order to retain several conductive passages between the inner and outer rims of the ion-implanted region, so as to let the aperture of the inner rim of the metal layer (that is, the aperture of the output window) be expanded without loss of resistance. Not only the shading effect can be removed, the spectrum width suppression function can be preserved, but also various photoelectric characteristics such as transmission eye diagram and photoelectric curve linearity can be improved, in addition, high-speed transmission characteristics can also be optimized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: TRUELIGHT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yen Hsiang Wu, Jia-Yu Lin, Chih-Cheng Chen
  • Patent number: 10581223
    Abstract: A structure of distributed feedback (DFB) laser includes a grating layer having a phase-shift grating structure and a gratingless area. In addition, both side-surfaces of the DFB laser are coated with anti-reflection coating to improve SMSR and to obtain good slope efficiency (SE). The grating layer is divided by the phase-shift grating structure in a horizontal direction into a first grating area and a second grating area adjacent to a laser-out surface of the DFB laser. The phase-shift grating structure provides a phase-difference distance, such that a shift of phase exists between the micro-grating structures located within the first grating area and the other micro-grating structures located within the second grating area. The gratingless area located within the second grating area contains no micro-grating structure, and moreover, the gratingless area will not change the phase of the micro-grating structures located within the second grating area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: TrueLight Corporation
    Inventors: Chien Hung Pan, Cheng Zu Wu
  • Patent number: 10522974
    Abstract: An edge-emitting laser having a small vertical emitting angle includes an upper cladding layer, a lower cladding layer and an active region layer sandwiched between the upper and lower cladding layers. By embedding a passive waveguide layer within the lower cladding to layer, an extended lower cladding layer is formed between the passive waveguide layer and the active region layer. In addition, the refractive index (referred as n-value) of the passive waveguide layer is larger than the n-value of the extended lower cladding layer. The passive waveguide layer with a larger n-value would guide the light field to extend downward. The extended lower cladding layer can separate the passive waveguide layer and the active region layer and thus expand the near-field distribution of laser light field in the resonant cavity, so as to obtain a smaller vertical emitting angle in the far-field laser light field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: TrueLight Corporation
    Inventors: Chien Hung Pan, Cheng-Ju Wu
  • Publication number: 20190115717
    Abstract: A structure of distributed feedback (DFB) laser includes a grating layer having a phase-shift grating structure and a gratingless area. In addition, both side-surfaces of the DFB laser are coated with anti-reflection coating to improve SMSR and to obtain good slope efficiency (SE). The grating layer is divided by the phase-shift grating structure in a horizontal direction into a first grating area and a second grating area adjacent to a laser-out surface of the DFB laser. The phase-shift grating structure provides a phase-difference distance, such that a shift of phase exists between the micro-grating structures located within the first grating area and the other micro-grating structures located within the second grating area. The gratingless area located within the second grating area contains no micro-grating structure, and moreover, the gratingless area will not change the phase of the micro-grating structures located within the second grating area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: TRUELIGHT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chien Hung Pan, Cheng Zu Wu
  • Publication number: 20190081455
    Abstract: A packaging assembly for a high-speed vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) mainly applies a lens assembly consisted of several prisms to split a laser beam emitted by a VCSEL element so as to guide a small portion of the laser beam back to a monitor photodiode (MPD) and the rest of the laser beam to travel away along an optical axis. Such a spectacular design of the lens assembly can not only relieve the VCSEL element from a position right under the optical axis, but can also reduce signal loss by shorting a length of a bonding wire for a corresponding pin through disposing the VCSEL element further close to the corresponding pin. Thereupon, a defect of lights reflected from a lens or a translucent plate on a cap can be substantially improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicant: TRUELIGHT CORPORATION
    Inventors: TZU-CHING YEH, YU-FU WU, CHENG-TA CHEN
  • Patent number: 10191236
    Abstract: A high-speed multi-channel optical transmitter module includes a plurality of laser-diode (LD) components, a plurality of photo-diode (PD) components, an MT ferrule, and a waveguide component. These components are firstly packaged as sub-modules individually, and then these sub-modules are packaged to form the high-speed multi-channel optical transmitter module. Therefore, the amount of individual components contained in the module is decreased, the complexity of structure is simplified, the precision of positioning is increased, such that the time and labors required in the assembling and packaging processes can be decreased, and the defect-free rate of products can be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: TrueLight Corporation
    Inventor: Tzu-Ching Yeh
  • Publication number: 20180366908
    Abstract: An edge-emitting laser having a small vertical emitting angle includes an upper cladding layer, a lower cladding layer and an active region layer sandwiched between the upper and lower cladding layers. By embedding a passive waveguide layer within the lower cladding to layer, an extended lower cladding layer is formed between the passive waveguide layer and the active region layer. In addition, the refractive index (referred as n-value) of the passive waveguide layer is larger than the n-value of the extended lower cladding layer. The passive waveguide layer with a larger n-value would guide the light field to extend downward. The extended lower cladding layer can separate the passive waveguide layer and the active region layer and thus expand the near-field distribution of laser light field in the resonant cavity, so as to obtain a smaller vertical emitting angle in the far-field laser light field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: TRUELIGHT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chien Hung Pan, Cheng-Ju Wu
  • Patent number: 10122152
    Abstract: A vertical-cavity surface-emitting Laser (VCSEL) has a three-trench structure. By forming a first trench within a mesa around the periphery of an output window of the VCSEL, the overall capacitance is decreased and the time used in the oxidation process for an oxidation layer is shortened. By forming a second trench and a third trench on the periphery of the mesa in a step-like concave manner, the mesa becomes a step-like structure having double mesa-layers. Such that, a larger heat-radiating area can be obtained for decreasing thermal effects, while the metal-gap defects of the metal layer can also be avoided. The implant layer is formed around the periphery of the output window for controlling the optical mode and confining the current path. In addition, an output layer is formed on the output window for controlling the output light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: TrueLight Corporation
    Inventors: Bing-Cheng Lin, Chih Cheng Chen, Hung-Wei Tseng
  • Publication number: 20180224616
    Abstract: A high-speed multi-channel optical transmitter module includes a plurality of laser-diode (LD) components, a plurality of photo-diode (PD) components, an MT ferrule, and a waveguide component. These components are firstly packaged as sub-modules individually, and then these sub-modules are packaged to form the high-speed multi-channel optical transmitter module. Therefore, the amount of individual components contained in the module is decreased, the complexity of structure is simplified, the precision of positioning is increased, such that the time and labors required in the assembling and packaging processes can be decreased, and the defect-free rate of products can be increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: TrueLight Corporation
    Inventor: TZU-CHING YEH
  • Patent number: 10014663
    Abstract: An edge-emitting laser having a small vertical emitting angle includes an upper cladding layer, a lower cladding layer and an active region layer sandwiched between the upper and lower cladding layers. By embedding a passive waveguide layer within the lower cladding layer, an extended lower cladding layer is formed between the passive waveguide layer and the active region layer. In addition, the refractive index (referred as n-value) of the passive waveguide layer is larger than the n-value of the extended lower cladding layer. The passive waveguide layer with a larger n-value would guide the light field to extend downward. The extended lower cladding layer can separate the passive waveguide layer and the active region layer and thus expand the near-field distribution of laser light field in the resonant cavity, so as to obtain a smaller vertical emitting angle in the far-field laser light field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: TrueLight Corporation
    Inventors: Chien Hung Pan, Cheng-Ju Wu
  • Patent number: 9929536
    Abstract: A vertical-cavity surface-emitting Laser (VCSEL) has a three-trench structure. By forming a first trench within a mesa around the periphery of an output window of the VCSEL, the overall capacitance is decreased and the time used in the oxidation process for an oxidation layer is shortened. By forming a second trench and a third trench on the periphery of the mesa in a step-like concave manner, the mesa becomes a step-like structure having double mesa-layers. Such that, a larger heat-radiating area can be obtained for decreasing thermal effects, while the metal-gap defects of the metal layer can also be avoided. The implant layer is formed around the periphery of the output window for controlling the optical mode and confining the current path. In addition, an output layer is formed on the output window for controlling the output light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: TrueLight Corporation
    Inventors: Bing-Cheng Lin, Chih Cheng Chen, Hung-Wei Tseng
  • Patent number: 9854141
    Abstract: A thin optical imaging module of a biometric apparatus includes a first glass substrate, a first optical prism film, a second optical prism film, and an image sensor. The first glass substrate further includes a fingerprint imaging area, a vein imaging area, a contact surface, a reflective interface, and an attaching surface. The first optical prism film adhered to the attaching surface is located under the fingerprint imaging area. The second optical prism film is adhered to a position under the first optical prism film. The image sensor disposed in correspondence to the first glass substrate is located under the attaching surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: TrueLight Corporation
    Inventors: Chia Ching Chang Chien, Chih Cheng Chen, Zhi Kuei Huang, Jin Shan Pan
  • Patent number: 9830498
    Abstract: A biometric authentication device uses IR-VCSELs as light sources for performing biometric authentication by providing clear images. A light guide module is introduced to minimize the size of the device. Moreover, the biometric authentication device uses a single image sensing module to gather a vein image and a fingerprint image into the same detection signal which is then analyzed and compared with the pre-stored vein feature data and fingerprint feature data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: TrueLight Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Shan Pan, Chih Cheng Chen, Chia Ching Chang Chien
  • Publication number: 20160227081
    Abstract: A thin optical imaging module of a biometric apparatus includes a first glass substrate, a first optical prism film, a second optical prism film, and an image sensor. The first glass substrate further includes a fingerprint imaging area, a vein imaging area, a contact surface, a reflective interface, and an attaching surface. The first optical prism film adhered to the attaching surface is located under the fingerprint imaging area. The second optical prism film is adhered to a position under the first optical prism film. The image sensor disposed in correspondence to the first glass substrate is located under the attaching surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicant: TrueLight Corporation
    Inventors: Chia Ching CHANG CHIEN, Chih Cheng CHEN, Zhi Kuei HUANG, Jin Shan PAN
  • Patent number: 9400358
    Abstract: An alignment jig for an optical lens array is furnished on an optical alignment apparatus. The alignment machine is for performing active optical alignment operations of a sensor chip located on a circuit board and a lens socket plugged with a fiber plug. The alignment jig includes a support arm, a pick-up mechanism and a pushing mechanism. The support arm is fixed to the optical alignment apparatus for supporting the alignment jig. The pick-up mechanism is furnished on the support arm for picking-up and holding the lens socket in a detachable manner at a predetermined position corresponding to the sensor chip. The pushing mechanism holds the plugging status when the fiber plug is plugged into the lens socket and provides a pushing force, such that the fiber plug has a tendency to be pushed toward and engage the lens socket tightly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: Truelight Corporation
    Inventors: Po Hsiang Chen, Tsung-Kai Lin, Yun Cheng Yu
  • Publication number: 20160104028
    Abstract: A biometric authentication device uses IR-VCSELs as light sources for performing a better biometric authentication by providing clearer images. A light guide module is introduced to minimize the size of the device. Moreover, the biometric authentication device uses a single image sensing module to gather the vein image and the fingerprint image into the same detection signal which is then analyzed and compared with the pre-stored vein feature data and fingerprint feature data. Therefore, the biometric authentication device can achieve an approach in lowering hardware costs, simplifying circuit designs and providing an outstanding performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: TrueLight Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Shan Pan, Chih Cheng Chen, Chia Ching Chang Chien