IP Library Granted Patent US 12,379,243
Granted Patent B2
US 12,379,243 · App. 18/434,706 · Granted Aug 5, 2025

Optical system and method of manufacturing the same

Inventors: Hsin-Ying Ho (Kaohsiung, TW); Ying-Chung Chen (Kaohsiung, TW)
Assignee: ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR ENGINEERING, INC.
G01J1/0209G01J1/0214
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Patent No.
US 12,379,243
App. No.
18/434,706
Granted
Aug 5, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optical system and a method of manufacturing an optical system are provided. The optical system includes a carrier, a light emitter, a light receiver, a block structure and an encapsulant. The light emitter is disposed on the carrier. The light receiver is disposed on the carrier and physically spaced apart from the light emitter. The light receiver has a light detecting area. The block structure is disposed on the carrier. The encapsulant is disposed on the carrier and covers the light emitter, the light receiver and the block structure. The encapsulant has a recess over the block structure.

Claims (33)

1. An optical system, comprising:

a light emitter disposed on a carrier;

a light receiver disposed on the carrier;

a block structure configured to mitigate a crosstalk between the light emitter and the light receiver; and

an encapsulant encapsulating the light emitter and the light receiver,

wherein a portion of the block structure is exposed from the encapsulant and below the encapsulant.

2. The optical system of claim 1 , wherein the block structure has a curved surface.

3. The optical system of claim 2 , wherein the block structure defines a recess, and the curved surface is outside of the recess.

4. The optical system of claim 3 , wherein in a cross-sectional view perspective, the encapsulant has a lateral surface adjacent to the recess and a top surface adjacent to the lateral surface, and an angle define by the lateral surface and the top surface of the encapsulant is equal to or greater than 90 degrees.

5. The optical system of claim 2 , wherein the curved surface of the block structure is convex toward the light emitter or the light receiver.

6. The optical system of claim 1 , wherein an upper surface of the block structure is lower than a top surface of the encapsulant.

7. The optical system of claim 1 , wherein the block structure comprises a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion arranged along a direction substantially parallel to a top surface of the carrier, and the second portion is between and collectively defines a recess with the first portion and the third portion.

8. The optical system of claim 1 , wherein the block structure has a top surface and a lateral surface non-parallel to the top surface, and an angle defined by the top surface and the lateral surface is less or greater than 90 degrees.

9. The optical system of claim 1 , wherein an outer lateral side of the encapsulant is substantially aligned with an outer lateral side of the carrier.

10. An optical system, comprising:

a light emitter disposed on a carrier;

a light receiver disposed on the carrier; and

a block structure configured to mitigate a crosstalk between the light emitter and the light receiver, wherein the block structure has a recess recessed from a top surface of the block structure and spaced apart from the carrier.

11. The optical system of claim 10 , wherein the block structure comprises a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion arranged along a direction substantially parallel to a top surface of the carrier, the second portion of the block structure is between the first portion and the third portion of the block structure, and an elevation of the first portion of the block structure is higher than an elevation of the second portion of the block structure with respect to the top surface of the carrier.

12. The optical system of claim 11 , wherein an elevation of the third portion of the block structure is higher than the elevation of the second portion of the block structure with respect to the top surface of the carrier.

13. The optical system of claim 12 , wherein the first portion or the third portion of the block structure has a curved surface.

14. The optical system of claim 11 , wherein the first portion of the block structure is closer to the light emitter than the second portion and the third portion of the block structure are.

15. The optical system of claim 14 , wherein the third portion of the block structure is closer to the light receiver than the first portion and the second portion of the block structure are, and an elevation of the third portion of the blocking structure and is not lower than the elevation of the first portion of the block structure with respect to the top surface of the carrier.

16. The optical system of claim 11 , wherein the first portion of the block structure comprises a first sidewall and a second sidewall having geometrically distinct profiles in a cross-sectional view perspective.

17. An optical system, comprising:

a light emitter disposed on a carrier;

a light receiver disposed on the carrier;

a block structure disposed between the light emitter and the light receiver; and

an encapsulating structure encapsulating the light emitter and the light receiver,

wherein the encapsulating structure defines a first opening within the encapsulating structure, and the block structure defines a second opening within the block structure and connected to the first opening.

18. The optical system of claim 17 , wherein in a top view perspective, the first opening separates the encapsulating structure into two separated parts.

19. The optical system of claim 17 , wherein the encapsulating structure comprises a first sidewall defining the first opening, the block structure comprises a second sidewall defining the second opening, and a light transmittance of the first sidewall is different from a light transmittance of the second sidewall.

20. The optical system of claim 17 , wherein the second opening is within the first opening in a top view perspective.

Continuity (4)
Continuation 17707802 · Mar 29, 2022
Continuation 16405838 · May 7, 2019
Provisional Application 62669320 · May 9, 2018
Related Publication 20240175745A1 · May 30, 2024
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