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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:
Apr. 26, 1994
Filed:
Nov. 05, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark E Jost, Fishkill, NY (US);
Ranee W Kwong, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Abbas Behfar-Rad, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Peter P Kwan, LaGrangeville, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
372-7 ; 372 43 ;
Abstract
What is disclosed is a semiconductor ridge waveguide laser structure having mechanical protection of ridge element by means of a thick, multi-layer organic material. The organic material, which may be a polyimide film, is deposited over the ridge element. The present invention also provides a fabrication process for depositing the protective means on the ridge element including deposition and photolithographic steps.