Patent ID: 6087653
Filing Date: 2000-07-11
Classification: H03K,H04M

Abstract:
A proximity detector structure comprising a pair of light guides which are optically isolated from each other, each of the light guides having an end surface at one end thereof, a light source for transmitting light along one of the light guides to its end surface, a light receiver for receiving light carried by other of the light guides, a light emitting structure at the end surface of the one of the light guides for emitting light carried by the one of the light guides, and a light gathering structure at the end surface of the other of the light guides for receiving light emitted from the light emitting structure and reflected from an external surface and for passing the received light into the other of the light guides, the light emitting structure and light gathering structure being shaped so as to couple unreflected light directly from the light emitting structure to the light gathering structure.