DETECTOR MODULE

• Main Authors: TSIANOS, GEORGIOS, STEFFAN, ANDREAS GERHARD
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 28.02.2017
• Subjects: ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEASURING TWO OR MORE VARIABLES NOT COVEREDIN A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS, THE OPTICAL OPERATION OF WHICH ISMODIFIED BY CHANGING THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIUM OF THEDEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF THE INTENSITY,COLOUR, PHASE, POLARISATION OR DIRECTION OF LIGHT, e.g.SWITCHING, GATING, MODULATING OR DEMODULATING; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; FREQUENCY-CHANGING; MEASURING; MEASURING NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE; MEASURING OR TESTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICS; PHYSICS; TARIFF METERING APPARATUS; TECHNIQUES OR PROCEDURES FOR THE OPERATION THEREOF; TESTING; TRANSMISSION

The invention relates to a detector module (10) for the reception of optical signals (SE) comprising a module housing (20) having at least one electrical and at least one optical bushing (110, 170), at least one electrical assembly (60) connected to the electrical bushing (170), and at least one optical assembly (50) connected to the optical bushing (110), the electrical and optical assemblies being arranged within the module housing (20), the optical and electrical assemblies being connected to one another via at least one optical interface, and the electrical assembly having at least one photodiode for converting the optical output signals of the optical assembly into electrical signals. According to the invention it is provided that the optical assembly has at least one collimator (80) and on the output side transmits at least one beam comprising collimated electromagnetic rays running parallel to one another via a free-radiating connection (180) as optical interface to the electrical assembly, and the electrical assembly receives the beam from the optical assembly via the free-radiating connection.