Patents by Inventor Gerald S. Browder

Gerald S. Browder 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).

  • Ribbed submounts for two dimensional stacked laser array
    Patent number: 5099488
    Abstract: A laser array submount structure for assembly into a two-dimensional stacked array with precise separation between laser diodes of adjacent submounts. The submount includes a deformable metal layer, such as a soft solder, on one major surface of a laser array support plate. A spacer element having spaced apart ridges is disposed on the opposite major surface. A laser diode array is mounted on a front edge of the support plate. In a cold bonding step, submounts are pressed together causing ridges to penetrate the deformable metal layer to a specified depth. The displaced metal spreads into channels between the ridges, allowing pressing of multiple laser array submounts into stackes of precise total tolerance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1992
    Assignee: Spectra Diode Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Mitra Ahrabi, Gerald S. Browder, John G. Endriz, Gary L. Harnagel, D. Philip Worland