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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:
Sep. 21, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 28, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard Bendicks Bylsma, Allentown, PA (US);
John Michael Geary, Longswamp Township, Berks County, PA (US);
Robert Louis Hartman, Warren Township, Somerset County, NJ (US);
Venkataraman Swaminathan, North Andover, MA (US);
Daniel Paul Wilt, Orefield, PA (US);
Assignee:
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
372 45 ; 372 46 ;
Abstract
The invention is a laser with improved turn-on time for digital applications. The low bias capacitance effect of the laser is reduced by use of a buffer region formed between the substrate and the active region, the buffer region having a lower dopant concentration than the substrate.