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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:
Dec. 17, 1991
Filed:
Nov. 13, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kasra Rastani, Freehold, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Bell Communications Research, Inc., Livingston, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
385 33 ; 385 31 ; 372 43 ; 372101 ;
Abstract
An array of Fresnel microlenses is fabricated directly on the planar output surface of an array of vertical cavity surface-emitting lasers. A compact integrated assembly comprising precisely aligned lasers and lenses is thereby provided for focusing (or collimating) the output beams of the lasers.