DocumentCode
2696024
Title
Low-power consumption integrated laser Doppler blood flowmeter with a built-in silicon microlens
Author
Kimura, Yoshinori ; Onoe, Atsushi ; Higurashi, Eiji ; Sawada, Renshi
Author_Institution
Corp. R&D Labs., Pioneer Corp., Tsurugashima
fYear
2008
fDate
11-14 Aug. 2008
Firstpage
13
Lastpage
14
Abstract
We propose a new structure for the integrated laser Doppler blood flowmeter which consists of a Si cavity and a photodiode and a laser diode within the cavity. A silicon cover formed with a converging microlens also functions as the package. This structure has a reduced rate of optical power loss in the sensor, resulting in significantly low power consumption.
Keywords
blood flow measurement; flowmeters; microlenses; microsensors; Si cavity; laser Doppler blood flowmeter; laser diode; optical power loss; photodiode; silicon microlens; Blood; Diode lasers; Energy consumption; Lenses; Microoptics; Optical losses; Optical sensors; Packaging; Photodiodes; Silicon; AR coating; blood flowmeter; laser Doppler; microlens;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical MEMs and Nanophotonics, 2008 IEEE/LEOS Internationall Conference on
Conference_Location
Freiburg
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-1917-3
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-1918-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OMEMS.2008.4607804
Filename
4607804
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