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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:
May. 05, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 19, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Philip Kiely, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Paul Claisse, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Benjamin W Gable, Chandler, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S / ; H01S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
372 50 ; 372 29 ;
Abstract
A method of biasing a semiconductor laser to a threshold level including the step of providing a semiconductor laser, monitoring spontaneous emissions of the semiconductor laser, identifying a point at which the spontaneous emissions clamp, and employing feedback to maintain a threshold level, driven by the identification of the point at which the spontaneous emissions clamp.