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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 1991
Filed:
Apr. 17, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Forrest F Fulton, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Assignee:
Wavelengths Lasers, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
372 31 ; 372 38 ;
Abstract
A circuit which improves the linearity of a high power laser diode is disclosed. A electrical diode is coupled to the anode of the laser diode and a filter/bias network back biases the laser diode and forward biases the PN diode. At lower current levels the amount of current flowing through the laser diode is lowered. At higher current levels, rolloff in the PN diode allows more current through the laser diode. The rolloff performance of the laser diode and PN diode mirror each other closely enough to improve the laser's linear performance by 3 dB to 5 dB.