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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. 10, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 12, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
James J. Snyder, Soquel, CA (US);
Assignee:
Blue Sky Research, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/100 ;
Abstract
Electro-optical device characterized by having been formed into an individual unit with an integral optical element, and method to form the device. An optical element, for instance a length of cylindrical microlens, is aligned with a diode strip having a plurality of diodes, for instance laser diodes, and attached to the lens. Subsequent to this attachment, the composite structure consisting of the diode strip having attached to it the lens is sectioned into individual diodes, each of which has a integral lens attached thereto.