DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT MODULE
20200133018 ยท 2020-04-30
Assignee
Inventors
- Biing-Seng Wu (Tainan City, TW)
- Han-Yi Kuo (Tainan City, TW)
- Kuan-Ming Chen (Tainan City, TW)
- Chih-Yu Chuang (Tainan City, TW)
- Shi-Jen WU (Tainan City, TW)
- Jui-Ni Li (Tainan City, TW)
- Cheng-Hung Tsai (Tainan City, TW)
- Chin-Yuan CHIANG (Tainan City, TW)
- Chia-Ming Hsu (Tainan City, TW)
- Chiau-Ling Huang (Tainan City, TW)
Cpc classification
H01S5/06825
ELECTRICITY
G02B27/4272
PHYSICS
H01S5/005
ELECTRICITY
G02B5/188
PHYSICS
G02B27/62
PHYSICS
G02B27/0006
PHYSICS
G02B27/4233
PHYSICS
International classification
G02B27/42
PHYSICS
Abstract
A DOE module including a transparent substrate, a first electrode, a second electrode, a first sensing wire, a sensing layer, a DOE layer, and an insulating layer is provided. The first electrode is disposed on the transparent substrate, and the second electrode is disposed on the transparent substrate. The first sensing wire is distributed on the transparent substrate and electrically connected to the first electrode. The sensing layer is distributed on the transparent substrate and electrically connected to the second electrode. The first sensing wire is insulated from the sensing layer to form a capacitance between the first sensing wire and the sensing layer. The DOE layer is disposed on the transparent substrate. The insulating layer covers the first sensing wire and the sensing layer. The insulating layer has a first opening and a second opening respectively exposing the first electrode and the second electrode.
Claims
1. A diffractive optical element (DOE) module comprising: a transparent substrate; a first electrode disposed on the transparent substrate; a second electrode disposed on the transparent substrate; a first sensing wire distributed on the transparent substrate and electrically connected to the first electrode; a sensing layer distributed on the transparent substrate and electrically connected to the second electrode, wherein the first sensing wire is insulated from the sensing layer to form a capacitance between the first sensing wire and the sensing layer; a DOE layer disposed on the transparent substrate; and an insulating layer covering the first sensing wire and the sensing layer, the insulating layer having a first opening and a second opening respectively exposing the first electrode and the second electrode.
2. The DOE module according to claim 1, wherein the sensing layer is a second sensing wire, and the first sensing wire and the second sensing wire are alternately distributed on the transparent substrate.
3. The DOE module according to claim 2, wherein the transparent substrate has a sensitive area, linewidths of the first sensing wire and the second sensing wire within the sensitive area are greater than linewidths of the first sensing wire and the second sensing wire outside the sensitive area.
4. The DOE module according to claim 2, wherein a total length of branches of the first sensing wire is 0% to 20% of a length of a main trunk of the first sensing wire, and a total length of branches of the second sensing wire is 0% to 20% of a length of a main trunk of the second sensing wire.
5. The DOE module according to claim 1, wherein the first sensing wire and the sensing layer are disposed on two opposite sides of the transparent substrate.
6. The DOE module according to claim 1 further comprising an isolating layer disposed between the first sensing wire and the sensing layer.
7. The DOE module according to claim 1 further comprising a grounded or floated wire disposed on a periphery of the first sensing wire and the sensing layer.
8. The DOE module according to claim 1, wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are electrically connected to a controller configured to detect self-capacitances, a mutual capacitance, or a combination thereof of the first electrode and the second electrode.
9. The DOE module according to claim 1 further comprising: a circuit substrate; a laser source disposed on the circuit substrate and configured to emit a laser beam; and a holder disposed on the circuit substrate and surrounding the laser source, wherein the transparent substrate is disposed on the holder and on a path of the laser beam.
10. The DOE module according to claim 1, wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are located adjacent to a same edge of the transparent substrate.
11. The DOE module according to claim 1, wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are respectively disposed at two opposite corners of the transparent substrate.
12. A diffractive optical element (DOE) module comprising: a transparent substrate; a first electrode disposed on the transparent substrate; a second electrode disposed on the transparent substrate; a first sensing wire distributed on the transparent substrate and electrically connected to the first electrode; a sensing layer distributed on the transparent substrate and electrically connected to the second electrode, wherein the first sensing wire is insulated from the sensing layer to form a capacitance between the first sensing wire and the sensing layer; and a DOE layer covering the first sensing wire and the sensing layer, the DOE layer having a first opening and a second opening respectively exposing the first electrode and the second electrode.
13. The DOE module according to claim 12, wherein the sensing layer is a second sensing wire, and the first sensing wire and the second sensing wire are alternately distributed on the transparent substrate.
14. The DOE module according to claim 13, wherein the transparent substrate has a sensitive area, linewidths of the first sensing wire and the second sensing wire within the sensitive area are greater than linewidths of the first sensing wire and the second sensing wire outside the sensitive area.
15. The DOE module according to claim 13, wherein a total length of branches of the first sensing wire is 0% to 20% of a length of a main trunk of the first sensing wire, and a total length of branches of the second sensing wire is 0% to 20% of a length of a main trunk of the second sensing wire.
16. The DOE module according to claim 12, wherein the first sensing wire and the sensing layer are disposed on two opposite sides of the transparent substrate.
17. The DOE module according to claim 12 further comprising an isolating layer disposed between the first sensing wire and the sensing layer.
18. The DOE module according to claim 12 further comprising a grounded or floated wire disposed on a periphery of the first sensing wire and the sensing layer.
19. The DOE module according to claim 12, wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are electrically connected to a controller configured to detect self-capacitances, a mutual capacitance, or a combination thereof of the first electrode and the second electrode.
20. The DOE module according to claim 12 further comprising: a circuit substrate; a laser source disposed on the circuit substrate and configured to emit a laser beam; and a holder disposed on the circuit substrate and surrounding the laser source, wherein the transparent substrate is disposed on the holder and on a path of the laser beam.
21. The DOE module according to claim 12 further comprising: a spacer disposed on the DOE layer, the spacer having an opening to expose at least part of the first sensing wire and at least part of the sensing layer and two notches to respectively expose the first electrode and the second electrode; and an electronic or optical component disposed on the spacer.
22. The DOE module according to claim 12, wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are located adjacent to a same edge of the transparent substrate.
23. The DOE module according to claim 12, wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are respectively disposed at two opposite corners of the transparent substrate.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0009] The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further understanding of the invention, and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification. The drawings illustrate embodiments of the invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention.
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[0029] Reference will now be made in detail to the present embodiments of the invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Wherever possible, the same reference numbers are used in the drawings and the description to refer to the same or like parts.
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[0031] The first electrode 120 is disposed on the transparent substrate 110, and the second electrode 130 is disposed on the transparent substrate 110. The first sensing wire 140 is distributed on the transparent substrate 110 and electrically connected to the first electrode 120. The sensing layer 150 is distributed on the transparent substrate 110 and electrically connected to the second electrode 130. In this embodiment, the sensing layer 150 is a second sensing wire, and the first sensing wire 140 and the second sensing wire are alternately distributed on the transparent substrate 110, as shown in
[0032] The first sensing wire 140 is insulated from the sensing layer 150 to form a capacitance between the first sensing wire 140 and the sensing layer 150. In this embodiment, the first sensing wire 140 is insulated from the sensing layer 150 by an insulating material 145. The insulating material 145 may be made of silicon dioxide, any other insulating oxide, or any other insulating nitride. The DOE layer 160 is disposed on the transparent substrate 110. The insulating layer 170 covers the first sensing wire 140 and the sensing layer 150. The insulating layer 170 has a first opening 172 and a second opening 174 respectively exposing the first electrode 120 and the second electrode 130. In this embodiment, the insulating layer 170 may be made of silicon dioxide, any other insulating oxide, any other insulating nitride, or any other insulating material.
[0033] In this embodiment, the DOE module 100 further includes a laser source 180 configured to emit a laser beam 182, and the transparent substrate 110, the DOE layer 160, the first sensing wire 140, the sensing layer 150, and the DOE layer 160 are disposed on a path of the laser beam 182. In this embodiment, the laser source 180 is, for example, a vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting-laser (VECSEL), an edge emitting laser, or any other appropriate laser diode. The DOE layer is a DOE that split the laser beam 182 into multiple sub-beams so as to form a structured light.
[0034] The first electrode 120 and the second electrode 130 are electrically connected to a controller 50 configured to detect self-capacitances, a mutual capacitance, or a combination thereof of the first electrode 120 and the second electrode 130. In this embodiment, the controller 50 may be designed through hardware description languages (HDL) or any other design methods for digital circuits familiar to people skilled in the art and may be a hardware circuit implemented through a field programmable gate array (FPGA), a complex programmable logic device (CPLD), or an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC). Alternatively, the controller 230 may be a processor having computational capability.
[0035] When the DOE module is cracked or damaged, or there is a water drop on or inside the DOE module, the self-capacitances of the first electrode 120 and the second electrode 130 and the mutual capacitance between the first electrode 120 and the second electrode 130 are varied. The controller 50 may determine whether the DOE is in an abnormal condition according to the variation of at least one of the self-capacitances and the mutual capacitance. If the controller 50 determine that the DOE is in an abnormal condition, the controller 50 may stop the operation of the DOE module 100 or warn a user of the abnormality of the DOE module 100. Therefore, the user may be prevented from being harmed by the laser beam 182 in an abnormal condition.
[0036] Moreover, in the DOE module 100 according to this embodiment, since the insulating layer 170 covering the first sensing wire 140 and the sensing layer 150 has openings (e.g. the first opening 172 and the second opening 174) to expose the first electrode 120 and the second electrode 130, the capacitance between the first sensing wire 140 and the sensing layer 150 is easy to be detected. Therefore, the DOE module 100 is easy to realize a safety detection function.
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[0038] The DOE module 100a in this embodiment has advantages similar to those of the DOE module 100 in
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[0048] In this embodiment, the sensitive areas A are located at the center and corners of the transparent substrate 110, but the positions and number of the sensitive areas A may be changed according to actual requirements in other embodiments. In this embodiment, if the water drop is at the center or the corners of the transparent substrate 110, this abnormal condition is easier to be detected.
[0049] In addition, a total length of branches B of the first sensing wire 140 is 0% to 20% of a length of a main trunk T of the first sensing wire 140, and a total length of branches B of the second sensing wire (i.e. the sensing layer 150) is 0% to 20% of a length of a main trunk T of the second sensing wire (i.e. the sensing layer 150). The aforementioned 0% means the first sensing wire 140 or the second sensing wire has no branch. As a result, the conductive path of each of the first sensing wire 140 and the second sensing wire is almost a single path without branches. Therefore, if the DOE module is cracked, the detected capacitance variation is obvious with respect to the base capacitance. Moreover, when the aforementioned numerical ranges are satisfied, the total length of the first sensing wire 140 and the second sensing wire is smaller, which provides a smaller base capacitance, so that the sensitivity of the first sensing wire 140 and the second sensing wire is increased.
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[0051] Since the DOE module according to the embodiments of the invention has the first sensing wire and the sensing layer insulated from each other, when the DOE module is damaged or a water drop is on or inside the DOE module, the capacitance between the first sensing wire and the sensing layer is changed, which may be detected and a user may stop using the DOE module. Therefore, the safety of the user is ensured. Moreover, in the DOE module according to the embodiments of the invention, since the insulating layer or the DOE layer covering the first sensing wire and the sensing layer has openings to expose the first electrode and the second electrode, the capacitance between the first sensing wire and the sensing layer is easy to be detected. Therefore, the DOE module is easy to realize a safety detection function.
[0052] It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made to the structure of the invention without departing from the scope or spirit of the invention. In view of the foregoing, it is intended that the invention covers modifications and variations of this invention provided they fall within the scope of the following claims and their equivalents.