The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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. 30, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2000
Naoki Nishida, Kusatsu, JP;
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A plurality of top waveguides and bottom waveguides are formed on a substrate. The pitch of the light exit end of the top waveguide and the light exit end of the bottom waveguide at the light exit side of the substrate is narrower than the pitch of the light entrance end of the top waveguide and the light entrance end of the bottom waveguide at the light entrance side of the substrate. The light exit end of the waveguide on the light exit side of the substrate and the light exit end of the waveguide indicated by the dashed line are arranged as single rows forming a core row in two layers in a staggered layout. This optical waveguide produces ideally overlapping laser beam spots on the surface of a photosensitive body.