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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
May. 30, 2008
Applicant:
Sumesh Mani K. Thiyagarajan, Fremont, CA (US);
Inventor:
Sumesh Mani K. Thiyagarajan, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Finisar Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of accelerating the aging of a laser to thereby determine the reliability of the laser. The method includes an act of providing a laser die for reliability testing, an act of applying a plurality of short signal pulses to the laser die so as to simulate the aging of the laser die, and an act of ascertaining the reliability of the laser die based on its response to the plurality of short signal pulses.