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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.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2006

Filed:

Jun. 03, 2003
Applicant:

Graham Mcrae Flower, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventor:

Graham McRae Flower, San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 37/00 (2006.01); H01L 21/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An integrated circuit (IC) device for driving a light emitting device, such as a laser diode, includes a heat-absorbing structure fabricated on a substrate over an electrical component, such as an output transistor, to reduce the heat transfer between the electrical component and the light emitting device. The heat-absorbing structure is designed to absorb some of the heat generated by the electrical component so that less heat from the electrical component is transferred to the light emitting device, which reduces the operating temperature of the light emitting device. A method of fabricating the IC device includes forming the electrical component on the substrate and forming the heat-absorbing structure on the substrate over the electrical component. The heat-absorbing structure may be configured to substantially encase the electrical component.


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