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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:
Nov. 13, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 10, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard R. Craig, Victoria, CA;
Robert LG. Waarts, Fremont, CA (US);
David F. Welch, Menlo Park, CA (US);
John G. Endriz, Belmont, CA (US);
Dirk J. Kuizenga, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Steven Sanders, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
JDS Uniphase Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/00 ; H01S 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/00 ; H01S 5/00 ;
Abstract
A power system for a laser source comprises a plurality of semiconductor lasers or at least one laser array with plurality of independently, electrically addressable emitters. A power supply is independently connected to each of the laser emitters. A fuse device is associated with each of the laser emitters so that an electrical short of any one emitter of a laser will not cause a short to or change the power supplied to other emitters of the laser source.