Patent ID: 9350448
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: H04B

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus comprising: a lens assembly including at least one surface shaped to direct ingress light received substantially within a first angular range towards a focal plane, and to direct egress light away from the focal plane into the first angular range; a planar array including a plurality of optical communication devices arranged in association with the focal plane of the lens assembly, wherein each of the plurality of optical communication devices characterizes at least one of a plurality of optical communication link endpoints, wherein the plurality of optical communication devices comprises a plurality of light transmission devices, wherein each of the plurality of light transmission devices is controllable to modulate a respective beam of egress light to include transmission data onto a corresponding optical communication link occupying a specific portion of the first angular range; a first substrate including a first subset of the plurality of optical communication devices; and a second substrate including a second subset of the plurality of optical communication devices, and wherein the first substrate is perforated to include perforations that permit a plurality of beams of light to pass to or from the second subset of the plurality of optical communication devices of the second substrate.