Patents by Inventor Devin Earl Crawford

Devin Earl Crawford has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11705690
    Abstract: A laser diode apparatus has a first waveguide layer including a gain region connected in series with a second waveguide layer with a second gain region. A tunnel junction is positioned between the first and second guide layers. A single collimator is positioned in an output path of laser beams emitted from the first and second waveguide layers. The optical beam from the single collimator may be coupled into an optical fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: LEONARDO ELECTRONICS US INC.
    Inventors: Devin Earl Crawford, Prabhu Thiagarajan, Mark McElhinney
  • Publication number: 20220019712
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for simulating an electromechanical object are described. An electromagnetic solver is invoked for an electromagnetic model of the object to generate an electromagnetic loss of the object an operating temperature. A temperature dependent electromagnetic loss of the object is determined based on the electromagnetic loss at the operating temperature. The temperature dependent electromagnetic loss varies according to a temperature of the object. A thermal solver is invoked for a thermal model of the object to estimate a temperature of the object based on the temperature dependent electromagnetic loss of the object and the operating temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Wenkai SHANG, Davide FRIGERIO, Anna Margareta Kvarnström, Devin Earl CRAWFORD
  • Publication number: 20210265810
    Abstract: A laser diode apparatus has a first waveguide layer including a gain region connected in series with a second waveguide layer with a second gain region. A tunnel junction is positioned between the first and second guide layers. A single collimator is positioned in an output path of laser beams emitted from the first and second waveguide layers. The optical beam from the single collimator may be coupled into an optical fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Devin Earl CRAWFORD, Prabhu THIAGARAJAN, Mark MCELHINNEY
  • Patent number: 11025031
    Abstract: A laser diode apparatus has a first waveguide layer including a gain region connected in series with a second waveguide layer with a second gain region. A tunnel junction is positioned between the first and second guide layers. A single collimator is positioned in an output path of laser beams emitted from the first and second waveguide layers. The optical beam from the single collimator may be coupled into an optical fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: LEONARDO ELECTRONICS US INC.
    Inventors: Devin Earl Crawford, Prabhu Thiagarajan, Mark McElhinney
  • Patent number: 10454250
    Abstract: A semiconductor apparatus with improved heat removal and improved heat flow to a heat sink is provided. The semiconductor apparatus includes a p-type semiconductor. An n-p tunnel junction is positioned within an epitaxial structure of the p-type semiconductor. A metal contact layer is connected to the n-p tunnel junction through an alloyed n-type contact interface. The n-p tunnel junction improves heat flow from the semiconductor through an alloyed contact interface formed between the tunnel junction and the metal contact layer which has lower thermal and electrical resistance in comparison to a conventional metallurgically abrupt interface of a p-type contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: LASERTEL INC.
    Inventors: Devin Earl Crawford, Prabhu Thiagarajan
  • Publication number: 20180337513
    Abstract: A semiconductor apparatus with improved heat removal and improved heat flow to a heat sink is provided. The semiconductor apparatus includes a p-type semiconductor. An n-p tunnel junction is positioned within an epitaxial structure of the p-type semiconductor. A metal contact layer is connected to the n-p tunnel junction through an alloyed n-type contact interface. The n-p tunnel junction improves heat flow from the semiconductor through an alloyed contact interface formed between the tunnel junction and the metal contact layer which has lower thermal and electrical resistance in comparison to a conventional metallurgically abrupt interface of a p-type contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Inventors: Devin Earl Crawford, Prabhu Thiagarajan
  • Publication number: 20180152000
    Abstract: A laser diode apparatus has a first waveguide layer including a gain region connected in series with a second waveguide layer with a second gain region. A tunnel junction is positioned between the first and second guide layers. A single collimator is positioned in an output path of laser beams emitted from the first and second waveguide layers. The optical beam from the single collimator may be coupled into an optical fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Devin Earl Crawford, Prabhu Thiagarajan, Mark McElhinney