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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. 01, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 11, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
James J Snyder, Soquel, CA (US);
Assignee:
Blue Sky Research, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359668 ;
Abstract
Laser diode/cylindrical microlens assembly including a crossed-pair of passively aligned cylindrical microlenses attached to a substrate on which is mounted a laser diode chip. The microlenses are mounted in an 'aplanatic' configuration with their flat surfaces facing the emitting facet of the diode, which arrangement provides for passive alignment and possible automated mounting, but requires no additional lenses for astigmatism correction. The crossed pair of lenses can collimate or focus the laser diode beam, for example focusing into a single mode fiber.