Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Angle sensor, system and method employing guided-mode resonance
- Patent Title (中): 采用导模共振的角度传感器,系统和方法
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Application No.: US12864234Application Date: 2008-03-04
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Publication No.: US08390800B2Publication Date: 2013-03-05
- Inventor: David A. Fattal , Anna Pyayt , Raymond G. Beausoleil , Wei Wu
- Applicant: David A. Fattal , Anna Pyayt , Raymond G. Beausoleil , Wei Wu
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- International Application: PCT/US2008/055833 WO 20080304
- International Announcement: WO2009/110892 WO 20090911
- Main IPC: G01B11/26
- IPC: G01B11/26 ; G01C1/00 ; G01J3/28

Abstract:
An angle sensor, system and method employ a guided-mode resonance. The angle sensor includes a guided-mode resonance (GMR) grating and a resonance processor. The resonance processor determines an angle of incidence of a signal incident on the GMR grating. The resonance processor uses a guided-mode resonance response of the GMR grating to the signal to determine the angle of incidence. The angle sensing system includes the GMR grating, the resonance processor and further includes an optical source that produces the signal. The method includes providing a GMR grating, detecting a guided-mode resonance produced in the GMR grating when subjected to an incident signal, and determining an angle of incidence of the incident signal from one or both of a number of and a spectral distance between guided-mode resonances present in a response of the GMR grating to the incident signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100309459A1 ANGLE SENSOR, SYSTEM AND METHOD EMPLOYING GUIDED-MODE RESONANCE Public/Granted day:2010-12-09
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