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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. 25, 1999
Filed:
May. 28, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bernard Glance, Colts Neck Township, NJ (US);
Kang-Yih Liou, Holmdel Township, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
372 38 ; 372 34 ; 372 33 ; 372 43 ; 372 29 ;
Abstract
A selected positive coefficient resistor is connected in parallel across a laser, Light Emitting Diode (LED) or amplifier LED (ALED) to adjust the bias current, respectively, to the laser, LED or ALED as a function of temperature so as to maintain a more regulated optical power output therefrom.