IP Library Granted Patent US 12,298,545
Granted Patent B2
US 12,298,545 · App. 18/047,065 · Granted May 13, 2025

Optical filter comprising a sensor window to provide a transmissivity of less than 5% between approximately 400 nm and approximately 780 nm and a blocker to block transmission at less than approximately 1000 nm

Inventors: Georg J. Ockenfuss (Santa Rosa, CA); Scott Rowlands (Santa Rosa, CA); Markus Bilger (Santa Rosa, CA)
Assignee: VIAVI Solutions Inc.
G02B5/281G01J1/0488G01J1/4228
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Patent No.
US 12,298,545
App. No.
18/047,065
Granted
May 13, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A sensor window may include a substrate and a set of layers disposed onto the substrate. The set of layers may include a first subset of layers of a first refractive index and a second set of layers of a second refractive index different from the first refractive index. The set of layers may be associated with a threshold transmissivity in a sensing spectral range. The set of layers may be configured to a particular color in a visible spectral range and may be associated with a threshold opacity in the visible spectral range.

Claims (32)

1. An optical filter, comprising:

a sensor window configured to provide:

a transmissivity of less than 5% between approximately 400 nm and

approximately 780 nm; and

a reflectance of less than 10% in a visible spectral range.

2. The optical filter of claim 1 , wherein the visible spectral range is between approximately 390 nm to approximately 700 nm.

3. The optical filter of claim 1 , wherein the sensor window is a black-colored anti-reflectance sensor window.

4. The optical filter of claim 1 , wherein the sensor window is disposed on a borosilicate substrate.

5. The optical filter of claim 1 , wherein the sensor window is configured for a spectral range centered at 1550 nm.

6. The optical filter of claim 1 , wherein the transmissivity of less than 5% between approximately 400 nm and approximately 780 nm is at an angle of incidence from approximately 0 degrees to approximately 45 degrees.

7. The optical filter of claim 1 , wherein the transmissivity is greater than 95% at approximately 1550 nm.

8. The optical filter of claim 1 , wherein the reflectance of less than 10% in the visible spectral range is at an angle of incidence from approximately 0 degrees to approximately 45 degrees.

9. An optical filter, comprising:

a sensor window configured to provide:

a transmissivity of less than 50% between approximately 400 nm and

approximately 850 nm and is greater than 95% at approximately 940 nm; and

a reflectance of less than 10% in a visible spectral range.

10. The optical filter of claim 9 , wherein the sensor window is configured for a spectral range centered at 940 nm.

11. The optical filter of claim 9 , wherein the visible spectral range is approximately 390 nm to approximately 650 nm.

12. The optical filter of claim 9 , wherein the reflectance of less than 10% in the visible spectral range is at an angle of incidence from approximately 0 degrees to approximately 45 degrees.

13. The optical filter of claim 9 , wherein the sensor window is a black-colored anti-reflectance sensor window.

14. The optical filter of claim 9 , wherein the sensor window is configured to be black at angles of incidence from approximately 0 degrees to approximately 45 degrees.

15. An optical filter, comprising:

a sensor window configured to provide:

a transmissivity of less than 50% between approximately 400 nm and

approximately 800 nm and is greater than 85% at approximately 940 nm; and

a reflectance of less than 12% in a part of a visible spectral range.

16. The optical filter of claim 15 , wherein the sensor window is a red-colored anti-reflectance sensor window.

17. The optical filter of claim 15 , wherein the sensor window is configured for a spectral range centered at 940 nm.

18. The optical filter of claim 15 , wherein the part of the visible spectral range is approximately 390 nm to approximately 590 nm.

19. The optical filter of claim 15 , wherein the reflectance is greater than 12% in a different part of the visible spectral range.

20. The optical filter of claim 19 , wherein the different part of the visible spectral range is approximately 590 nm to approximately 700 nm.

Assignments (4)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST AT REEL/FRAME 73189/0873 Recorded May 28, 2026
From: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
To: INERTIAL LABS, INC.; VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.; VIAVI SOLUTIONS LICENSING LLC
Reel/Frame 075642/0381 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 14, 2025
From: VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.; VIAVI SOLUTIONS LICENSING LLC; INERTIAL LABS, INC.
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS AGENT
Reel/Frame 073571/0137 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Oct 21, 2025
From: INERTIAL LABS, INC.; VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.; VIAVI SOLUTIONS LICENSING LLC
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 073189/0873 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 18, 2022
From: OCKENFUSS, GEORG J.; ROWLANDS, SCOTT; BILGER, MARKUS
To: VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.
Reel/Frame 061449/0090 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 17249483 · Mar 3, 2021
Continuation 16103625 · Aug 14, 2018
Provisional Application 62642354 · Mar 13, 2018
Related Publication 20230141377A1 · May 11, 2023
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