US 12,242,159 B2
Optical devices with active components coupled with passive components
Afsoon Jamali, Issaquah, WA (US); and Chih-Lan Chuang, Seattle, WA (US)
Assigned to Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
Filed by Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/358,932.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/407,063, filed on Sep. 15, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/392,102, filed on Jul. 25, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0027850 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. G02F 1/1343 (2006.01)
CPC G02F 1/13439 (2013.01) 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An optical assembly, comprising:
an active optical component including:
an activation layer located between two electrodes; and
one or more substrates for providing mechanical support for at least one of the two electrodes, wherein:
the two electrodes include a first electrode and a second electrode distinct and separate from the first electrode;
the optical assembly includes at least one of:
a first substrate for providing mechanical support for the first electrode; or
a second substrate for providing mechanical support for the second electrode;
at least one of the following conditions is satisfied:
the first electrode includes a first portion having a first width and a second portion that extends from the first portion of the first electrode and has a second width less than the first width; or
the second electrode includes a first portion having a third width and a second portion that extends from the first portion of the second electrode and has a fourth width less than the third width; and
the second substrate includes a first portion having a fifth width and a second portion that extends from the first portion of the second substrate and has a sixth width less than the fifth width.