Patents by Inventor David Podva

David Podva has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11451013
    Abstract: A wide-angle illuminator module including a rigid support structure having a plurality of angled faces, a flexible circuit including one or more VCSEL arrays, each VCSEL array positioned over a face among the plurality of angled faces, each VCSEL array including a plurality of integrated microlenses with one microlens positioned over each VCSEL in the VCSEL array, and a driver circuit for providing electrical pulses to each VCSEL array, wherein the plurality of VCSEL arrays address illumination zones in a combined field of illumination. The support structure may also be a heatsink. The flexible circuit may be a single flexible circuit configured to be placed over the support structure or a plurality of flexible circuits, each including one VCSEL array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Lumentum Operations LLC
    Inventors: Preethi Dacha, David Podva, Mial E. Warren
  • Publication number: 20210367410
    Abstract: A wide-angle illuminator module including a rigid support structure having a plurality of angled faces, a flexible circuit including one or more VCSEL arrays, each VCSEL array positioned over a face among the plurality of angled faces, each VCSEL array including a plurality of integrated microlenses with one microlens positioned over each VCSEL in the VCSEL array, and a driver circuit for providing electrical pulses to each VCSEL array, wherein the plurality of VCSEL arrays address illumination zones in a combined field of illumination. The support structure may also be a heatsink. The flexible circuit may be a single flexible circuit configured to be placed over the support structure or a plurality of flexible circuits, each including one VCSEL array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Preethi DACHA, David PODVA, Mial E. WARREN
  • Patent number: 11095365
    Abstract: A wide-angle illuminator module including a rigid support structure having a plurality of angled faces, a flexible circuit including one or more VCSEL arrays, each VCSEL array positioned over a face among the plurality of angled faces, each VCSEL array including a plurality of integrated microlenses with one microlens positioned over each VCSEL in the VCSEL array, and a driver circuit for providing electrical pulses to each VCSEL array, wherein the plurality of VCSEL arrays address illumination zones in a combined field of illumination. The support structure may also be a heatsink. The flexible circuit may be a single flexible circuit configured to be placed over the support structure or a plurality of flexible circuits, each including one VCSEL array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Lumentum Operations LLC
    Inventors: Preethi Dacha, David Podva, Mial E. Warren
  • Publication number: 20190268068
    Abstract: A wide-angle illuminator module including a rigid support structure having a plurality of angled faces, a flexible circuit including one or more VCSEL arrays, each VCSEL array positioned over a face among the plurality of angled faces, each VCSEL array including a plurality of integrated microlenses with one microlens positioned over each VCSEL in the VCSEL array, and a driver circuit for providing electrical pulses to each VCSEL array, wherein the plurality of VCSEL arrays address illumination zones in a combined field of illumination. The support structure may also be a heatsink. The flexible circuit may be a single flexible circuit configured to be placed over the support structure or a plurality of flexible circuits, each including one VCSEL array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Preethi Dacha, David Podva, Mial E. Warren