US Patent 7675957 Laser and monitoring photodetector with polymer light guide

Patent 7675957 was granted and assigned to BinOptics on March, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Current Assignee

BinOptics

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7675957

Date of Patent

March 9, 2010

Patent Application Number

12043131

Date Filed

March 5, 2008

Patent Primary Examiner

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Armando Rodriguez

Patent abstract

A surface emitting laser (100) and a monitoring photodetector (MPD) 158 are mounted in a TO (transistor outline package) can (150) on the same plane as one another. Light from a rear facet (108) of the laser is directed to the MPD through a polymer light guide (164).