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US 12,382,584 · App. 18/231,582 · Granted Aug 5, 2025

Printed circuit board and optoelectronic module providing different chip orientation

Inventors: Ralph Harti (Winterthur, CH); Stefan Kohlgrüber (Feldkirch, AT); Andrey Marinov (Rorschach, CH); Michele Portentoso (Schachen bei Reute, CH)
Assignee: LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AG
H05K1/181G01S17/894H05K1/0274H05K2201/10121
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Patent No.
US 12,382,584
App. No.
18/231,582
Granted
Aug 5, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A printed circuit board (PCB) having a lateral extent and comprising a side landing pad for direct bonding of an optoelectronic chip, whereby the side landing pad comprises at least two landing areas being differently oriented with regard to the lateral, thus enabling a bonding of the chip in at least two different lateral orientations relative to the printed circuit board, whereby the electrical connection lengths of the landing areas are equal, and an optoelectronic module based on such a printed circuit board and an according time of flight camera.

Claims (35)

1. A printed circuit board having a lateral extent and comprising a side landing pad for direct bonding of an optoelectronic chip, wherein the side landing pad comprises a number N>1 of landing areas being differently oriented with regard to the lateral, thus enabling a bonding of the chip in N different lateral orientations relative to the printed circuit board, whereby the electrical connection lengths of the landing areas are equal, wherein the landing areas are connected to each other and have one common electric connection.

2. The printed circuit board according to claim 1 , wherein the length of a continuation of the electric path including a respective bonding contact point is orientation-independent for every single bonding contact point.

3. The printed circuit board according to claim 1 , wherein the side landing pad comprises N= 2 landing areas arranged rectangular to each other.

4. The printed circuit board according to claim 1 , comprising a central bottom landing pad.

5. An optoelectronic module comprising a printed circuit board according to claim 1 and a chip bonded to the printed circuit board by way of the printed circuit board's landing pad.

6. The optoelectronic module according to claim 5 , wherein the chip is a light emitting chip.

7. The optoelectronic module according to claim 5 , wherein the chip is embodied as a vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL).

8. The optoelectronic module according to claim 5 , wherein the chip has a mounting surface of rectangular shape with different length and width and the length of each landing area is aligned to the length of the chip.

9. A time of flight camera having an image sensor, wherein the camera comprises at least a first and a second optoelectronic module according to claim 5 , whereby

the modules are mounted concordantly facing in the same direction with different lateral orientation relative to the image sensor,

the first module has a first light emitting chip bonded in the first lateral orientation and

the second module has a second light emitting chip bonded in the second lateral orientation,

such that the different lateral orientations of the first and second chip relative to the printed circuit board compensates the different lateral orientation of the modules relative to the image sensor.

10. The time of flight camera according to claim 9 , wherein the camera comprises two first modules and two second modules, arranged alternately and mounted circumferentially around the image sensor in 90°-steps.

11. A time of flight camera having an image sensor, wherein the camera comprises at least a first and a second optoelectronic module according to claim 5 , whereby

the modules are mounted concordantly facing in the same direction with same lateral orientation relative to the image sensor,

the first module has a first light emitting chip bonded in the first lateral orientation and

the second module has a second light emitting chip bonded in the second lateral orientation.

12. A printed circuit board having a lateral extent and comprising a side landing pad for direct bonding of an optoelectronic chip, wherein the side landing pad comprises a number N>1 of landing areas being differently oriented with regard to the lateral, thus enabling a bonding of the chip in N different lateral orientations relative to the printed circuit board, whereby the electrical connection lengths of the landing areas are equal, wherein the landing areas are separated and each landing area is contacted by a separate electric connection.

13. The printed circuit board according to claim 12 , wherein each landing area is electrically connected at its lateral center.

14. The printed circuit board according to claim 12 , wherein the landing areas are electrically connected to a common point by separate feed lines whereby the lengths of all feed lines are equal.

15. The printed circuit board according to claim 12 , wherein the side landing pad encompasses the chip landing area semi-circumferentially.

16. The printed circuit board according to claim 12 , wherein the side landing pad encompasses the chip landing area semi-circumferentially or wherein the side landing pad comprises N= 2 landing areas arranged rectangular to each other.

17. The printed circuit board according to claim 12 , wherein the length of a continuation of the electric path including a respective bonding contact point is orientation-independent for every single bonding contact point.

18. An optoelectronic module comprising a printed circuit board according to claim 12 and a chip bonded to the printed circuit board by way of the printed circuit board's landing pad.

19. The optoelectronic module according to claim 18 wherein the chip is a light emitting chip such as a vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL).

20. A time of flight camera having an image sensor, wherein the camera comprises at least a first and a second optoelectronic module according to claim 19 , whereby

the modules are mounted concordantly facing in the same direction with different lateral orientation relative to the image sensor,

the first module has a first light emitting chip bonded in the first lateral orientation and

the second module has a second light emitting chip bonded in the second lateral orientation,

such that the different lateral orientations of the first and second chip relative to the printed circuit board compensates the different lateral orientation of the modules relative to the image sensor.

21. A time of flight camera having an image sensor, wherein the camera comprises at least a first and a second optoelectronic module according to claim 18 , whereby

the modules are mounted concordantly facing in the same direction with same lateral orientation relative to the image sensor,

the first module has a first light emitting chip bonded in the first lateral orientation and

the second module has a second light emitting chip bonded in the second lateral orientation.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 9, 2023
From: HARTI, RALPH; KOHLGRÜBER, STEFAN; MARINOV, ANDREY; PORTENTOSO, MICHELE
To: LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AG
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Priority Claims (1)
EP 22189454 · Aug 9, 2022 · regional
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240057257A1 · Feb 15, 2024
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