Patents by Inventor Nicholas J. Pfister

Nicholas J. Pfister 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).

  • Publication number: 20240118508
    Abstract: A system with optical interconnects includes first and second optical transceivers. The first optical transceiver includes a first array of micro light emitting diodes (LEDs) arranged on a first carrier substrate, a first array of photodetectors (PDs), and a first driver integrated circuit (IC). The second optical transceiver includes a second array of micro LEDs arranged on a second carrier substrate, a second array of PDs, and a second driver IC. The system also includes at least one multicore fiber cable arranged to optically couple the first array of micro LEDs with the second array of PDs and to optically couple the second array of micro LEDs with the first array of PDs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas J. Pfister, James W. Raring
  • Publication number: 20240120435
    Abstract: Methods for manufacturing LED display panel devices include providing donor wafers having LED die configured to emit different color emissions. At least some of the LED die are selectively transferred from the donor wafers to a carrier wafer such that the carrier wafer is configured with different color emitting LEDs. The different color LEDs may include red-green-blue LEDs to form a RGB display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.
    Inventors: James W. Raring, Alexander Sztein, Nicholas J. Pfister
  • Publication number: 20240055835
    Abstract: In an example, the present invention provides a small form factor package comprising RGB laser diode devices configured with short cavity lengths. In an example, the present laser module includes at least a first red laser diode device, at least a second green laser diode device, and at least a third red laser diode device. At least one of the laser diode devices has a cavity length of less than 200 um, or less than 150 um, or less than 100 um. The optical output beams of the red, green, and blue laser diodes are combined into a single beam or colinear beams using optical techniques. The laser diode devices and the optical combining optics contained in a sealed package device. The sealed package device has a small form factor volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas J. Pfister, Oscar Romero, Daming Liu, James W. Raring
  • Publication number: 20230178611
    Abstract: Electronic devices are formed on donor substrates and transferred to carrier substrates by forming bonding regions on the electronic devices and bonding the bonding regions to a carrier substrate. The transfer process may include forming anchors and removing sacrificial regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.
    Inventors: James W. Raring, Nicholas J. Pfister
  • Patent number: 9786810
    Abstract: A method for forming optical devices. The method includes providing a gallium nitride substrate member having a crystalline surface region and a backside region. The method also includes subjecting the backside region to a laser scribing process to form a plurality of scribe regions on the backside region and forming a metallization material overlying the backside region including the plurality of scribe regions. The method removes at least one optical device using at least one of the scribe regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Soraa Laser Diode, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas J. Pfister, James W. Raring, Mathew Schmidt
  • Patent number: 9722398
    Abstract: An optical device includes a gallium nitride substrate member having an m-plane nonpolar crystalline surface region characterized by an orientation of about ?1 degree towards (000-1) and less than about +/?0.3 degrees towards (11-20). The device also has a laser stripe region formed overlying a portion of the m-plane nonpolar crystalline orientation surface region. In a preferred embodiment, the laser stripe region is characterized by a cavity orientation that is substantially parallel to the c-direction, the laser stripe region having a first end and a second end. The device includes a first cleaved c-face facet, which is coated, provided on the first end of the laser stripe region. The device also has a second cleaved c-face facet, which is exposed, provided on the second end of the laser stripe region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Soraa Laser Diode, Inc.
    Inventors: James W. Raring, Daniel F. Feezell, Nicholas J. Pfister, Rajat Sharma, Mathew C. Schmidt, Christiane Poblenz Elsass, Yu-Chia Chang
  • Patent number: 9531164
    Abstract: An optical device includes a gallium nitride substrate member having an m-plane nonpolar crystalline surface region characterized by an orientation of about ?2 degrees to about 2 degrees towards (000-1) and less than about 0.5 degrees towards (11-20). The device also has a laser stripe region formed overlying a portion of the m-plane nonpolar crystalline orientation surface region. A first cleaved c-face facet is provided on one end of the laser stripe region, and a second cleaved c-face facet is provided on the other end of the laser stripe region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: SORAA LASER DIODE, INC.
    Inventors: James W. Raring, Daniel F. Feezell, Nicholas J. Pfister, Rajat Sharma
  • Publication number: 20160006217
    Abstract: An optical device includes a gallium nitride substrate member having an m-plane nonpolar crystalline surface region characterized by an orientation of about ?1 degree towards (000-1) and less than about +/?0.3 degrees towards (11-20). The device also has a laser stripe region formed overlying a portion of the m-plane nonpolar crystalline orientation surface region. In a preferred embodiment, the laser stripe region is characterized by a cavity orientation that is substantially parallel to the c-direction, the laser stripe region having a first end and a second end. The device includes a first cleaved c-face facet, which is coated, provided on the first end of the laser stripe region. The device also has a second cleaved c-face facet, which is exposed, provided on the second end of the laser stripe region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: James W. Raring, Daniel F. Feezell, Nicholas J. Pfister, Rajat Sharma, Mathew C. Schmidt, Christiane Poblenz Elsass, Yu-Chia Chang
  • Publication number: 20150236196
    Abstract: A method for forming optical devices. The method includes providing a gallium nitride substrate member having a crystalline surface region and a backside region. The method also includes subjecting the backside region to a laser scribing process to form a plurality of scribe regions on the backside region and forming a metallization material overlying the backside region including the plurality of scribe regions. The method removes at least one optical device using at least one of the scribe regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2015
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Inventors: Nicholas J. Pfister, James W. Raring, Mathew Schmidt
  • Patent number: 9071039
    Abstract: An optical device includes a gallium nitride substrate member having an m-plane nonpolar crystalline surface region characterized by an orientation of about ?1 degree towards (000-1) and less than about +/?0.3 degrees towards (11-20). The device also has a laser stripe region formed overlying a portion of the m-plane nonpolar crystalline orientation surface region. In a preferred embodiment, the laser stripe region is characterized by a cavity orientation that is substantially parallel to the c-direction, the laser stripe region having a first end and a second end. The device includes a first cleaved c-face facet, which is coated, provided on the first end of the laser stripe region. The device also has a second cleaved c-face facet, which is exposed, provided on the second end of the laser stripe region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Soraa Laser Diode, Inc.
    Inventors: James W. Raring, Daniel F. Feezell, Nicholas J. Pfister, Rajat Sharma, Mathew C. Schmidt, Christiane Poblenz Elsass, Yu-Chia Chang
  • Patent number: 9048170
    Abstract: A method for forming optical devices. The method includes providing a gallium nitride substrate member having a crystalline surface region and a backside region. The method also includes subjecting the backside region to a laser scribing process to form a plurality of scribe regions on the backside region and forming a metallization material overlying the backside region including the plurality of scribe regions. The method removes at least one optical device using at least one of the scribe regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Soraa Laser Diode, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas J. Pfister, James W. Raring, Mathew Schmidt
  • Patent number: 8975615
    Abstract: A method for forming optical devices includes providing a gallium nitride substrate having a crystalline surface region and a backside region. The backside is subjected to a laser scribing process to form scribe regions. Metal contacts overly the scribe regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Soraa Laser Diode, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Felker, Nicholas A. Vickers, Rafael Aldaz, David Press, Nicholas J. Pfister, James W. Raring, Mathew C. Schmidt, Kenneth John Thomson
  • Publication number: 20140295595
    Abstract: An optical device includes a gallium nitride substrate member having an m-plane nonpolar crystalline surface region characterized by an orientation of about ?1 degree towards (000-1) and less than about +/?0.3 degrees towards (11-20). The device also has a laser stripe region formed overlying a portion of the m-plane nonpolar crystalline orientation surface region. In a preferred embodiment, the laser stripe region is characterized by a cavity orientation that is substantially parallel to the c-direction, the laser stripe region having a first end and a second end. The device includes a first cleaved c-face facet, which is coated, provided on the first end of the laser stripe region. The device also has a second cleaved c-face facet, which is exposed, provided on the second end of the laser stripe region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: Soraa Laser Diode, Inc.
    Inventors: James W. Raring, Daniel F. Feezell, Nicholas J. Pfister, Rajat Sharma, Mathew C. Schmidt, Christiane Poblenz Elsass, Yu-Chia Chang
  • Patent number: 8634442
    Abstract: An optical device includes a gallium nitride substrate member having an m-plane nonpolar crystalline surface region characterized by an orientation of about ?1 degree towards (000-1) and less than about +/?0.3 degrees towards (11-20). The device also has a laser stripe region formed overlying a portion of the m-plane nonpolar crystalline orientation surface region. In a preferred embodiment, the laser stripe region is characterized by a cavity orientation that is substantially parallel to the c-direction, the laser stripe region having a first end and a second end. The device includes a first cleaved c-face facet, which is coated, provided on the first end of the laser stripe region. The device also has a second cleaved c-face facet, which is exposed, provided on the second end of the laser stripe region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Soraa Laser Diode, Inc.
    Inventors: James W. Raring, Daniel F. Feezell, Nicholas J. Pfister, Rajat Sharma, Mathew C. Schmidt, Christiane Poblenz, Yu-Chia Chang
  • Publication number: 20130234111
    Abstract: A method for forming optical devices. The method includes providing a gallium nitride substrate member having a crystalline surface region and a backside region. The method also includes subjecting the backside region to a laser scribing process to form a plurality of scribe regions on the backside region and forming a metallization material overlying the backside region including the plurality of scribe regions. The method removes at least one optical device using at least one of the scribe regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: Soraa, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas J. Pfister, James W. Raring, Mathew Schmidt
  • Patent number: 8422525
    Abstract: An optical device capable of emitting light having a wavelength ranging from about 490 to about 580 nanometers has a gallium nitride substrate with a semipolar crystalline surface region characterized by an orientation of greater than 3 degrees from (11-22) towards (0001) but less than about 50 degrees. A laser stripe formed on the substrate has a cavity orientation substantially parallel to the m-direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Soraa, Inc.
    Inventors: James W. Raring, Daniel F. Feezell, Nicholas J. Pfister
  • Publication number: 20120104359
    Abstract: A method for forming optical devices includes providing a gallium nitride substrate having a crystalline surface region and a backside region. The backside is subjected to a laser scribing process to form scribe regions. Metal contacts overly the scribe regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: Soraa, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Felker, Nicholas A. Vickers, Rafael Aldaz, David Press, Nicholas J. Pfister, James W. Raring, Mathew C. Schmidt, Kenneth John Thomson
  • Patent number: 8014062
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a method and apparatus for attaching a close proximity filter to an FPA (focal plane array) and more particularly, to a method and apparatus that allows improved spectral discrimination of a mid-wave infra red (MWIR) detector by applying an improved multi-color filter to a focal plane array (FPA), while employing existing production equipment and techniques to reduce cost and improve production yield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey W. Scott, Gene R. Loefer, Nicholas J. Pfister
  • Publication number: 20100316075
    Abstract: An optical device includes a gallium nitride substrate member having an m-plane nonpolar crystalline surface region characterized by an orientation of about ?2 degrees to about 2 degrees towards (000-1) and less than about 0.5 degrees towards (11-20). The device also has a laser stripe region formed overlying a portion of the m-plane nonpolar crystalline orientation surface region. A first cleaved c-face facet is provided on one end of the laser stripe region, and a second cleaved c-face facet is provided on the other end of the laser stripe region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: Kaai, Inc.
    Inventors: James W. Raring, Daniel F. Feezell, Nicholas J. Pfister, Rajat Sharma
  • Publication number: 20080231946
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a method and apparatus for attaching a close proximity filter to an FPA (focal plane array) and more particularly, to a method and apparatuse that allows improved spectral discrimination of an MWIR detector by applying a an improved multi-color filter to an FPA, while employing existing production equipment and techniques to reduce cost and improve production yield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jeffrey W. Scott, Gene R. Loefer, Nicholas J. Pfister