Laser diode ceramic cooler having circuitry for control and feedback of laser diode performance
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국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
H01S-005/024
H01S-005/40
출원번호
US-0841810
(2010-07-22)
등록번호
US-8345720
(2013-01-01)
발명자
/ 주소
Stephens, IV, Edward F.
Feeler, Courtney Ryan
Junghans, Jeremy Scott
출원인 / 주소
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp.
대리인 / 주소
Nixon Peabody LLP
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A laser diode package includes a laser diode, a cooler, and control circuitry, such as an integrated circuit. The laser diode is used for converting electrical energy to optical energy. The cooler receives and routes a coolant from a cooling source via internal channels. The cooler includes a plural
A laser diode package includes a laser diode, a cooler, and control circuitry, such as an integrated circuit. The laser diode is used for converting electrical energy to optical energy. The cooler receives and routes a coolant from a cooling source via internal channels. The cooler includes a plurality of ceramic sheets. The ceramic sheets are fused together. The ceramic sheets include traces or vias that provide electrically conductive paths to the integrated circuit. The control circuitry controls the output of the laser diode, e.g. the output at each of the laser diode's emitters. Multiple laser diode packages are placed together to form an array.
대표청구항▼
1. A laser diode array having at least a first laser diode package and a second laser diode package, each of first and second laser diode packages comprising: a laser diode for converting electrical energy to optical energy at a plurality of emitters;a cooler for receiving a coolant from a cooling s
1. A laser diode array having at least a first laser diode package and a second laser diode package, each of first and second laser diode packages comprising: a laser diode for converting electrical energy to optical energy at a plurality of emitters;a cooler for receiving a coolant from a cooling source, the cooler comprises a plurality of ceramic sheets and an exposed sheet, the ceramic sheets being fused together and the exposed sheet being attached to a top ceramic sheet of the plurality of ceramic sheets, the plurality of ceramic sheets having apertures for defining internal channels for routing the coolant, at least the exposed sheet including individual electrical traces, the laser diode being mounted on the cooler and each of the traces being in contact with the laser diode to provide power to a corresponding one of the emitters of the laser diode; andan integrated circuit mounted on the exposed sheet of the cooler, the plurality of traces leading from the integrated circuit to the plurality of emitters, the integrated circuit being electrically coupled to the traces to control the electrical power supplied to each emitter by the corresponding trace; andwherein the integrated circuit on the first laser diode package has a thickness that is substantially the same as the laser diode on the first laser diode package such that the second laser diode package is positioned against both the integrated circuit and the laser diode of the first laser diode package. 2. The laser diode array of claim 1, wherein the exposed sheet has a coefficient of thermal conductivity greater than the plurality of ceramic sheets. 3. The laser diode array of claim 1, wherein the ceramic sheets are made of a material selected from the group consisting of low temperature cofired ceramics and high temperature cofired ceramics. 4. The laser diode array of claim 1, wherein the integrated circuit is an ASIC. 5. The laser diode array of claim 1, wherein the ceramic sheets include at least one sensor. 6. The laser diode array of claim 5, wherein the at least one sensor is a bi-metallic temperature sensor. 7. The laser diode array of claim 1, wherein one of the ceramic sheets includes a plurality of perforations of less than 200 microns in dimension to create jet-impingement flow regions. 8. The laser diode array of claim 7, wherein the exposed sheet includes a diode-mounting region for receiving the laser diode, the jet-impingement flow regions impinging on the diode-mounting region of the exposed sheet. 9. A laser diode array having at least a first laser diode package and a second laser diode package, each of first and second laser diode packages comprising: a laser diode for converting electrical energy to optical energy at a plurality of emitters;a cooler for receiving a coolant from a cooling source, the cooler comprised of a plurality of ceramic sheets that are fused together, the cooler including internal channels for routing the coolant, one or more of the ceramic sheets including a plurality of individual electrically conductive traces that are attached to ceramic material of the ceramic sheets, the laser diode being mounted on the cooler and contacting the electrically conductive traces; andan ASIC mounted on one or more of the plurality of ceramic sheets of the cooler and being electrically coupled to the plurality of electrically conductive traces to control the performance of the laser diode, the plurality of traces leading from the ASIC to the plurality of emitters of the laser diode, the ASIC controlling the amount of electrical energy that is supplied to portions of the laser diode, andwherein the first laser diode package includes a metallization layer on an external surface of the cooler, the metallization layer receiving current from the second laser diode package and transmitting the current to an input pad associated with the ASIC of the first laser diode package. 10. The laser diode array of claim 9, wherein one of the ceramic sheets includes a plurality of perforations of less than 200 microns in dimension to create jet-impingement flow regions, the jet-impingement flow regions impinging on a diode-mounting region of the cooler at which the laser diode is mounted. 11. The laser diode package of claim 9, wherein the ASIC can selectively inhibit flow of current to an emitter of the plurality of emitters on the laser diode in response to the current to the emitter being outside of a predetermined range. 12. A laser diode array comprising a plurality of laser diode packages including a first laser diode package and a second laser diode package, each of the laser diode packages including: a laser diode for converting electrical energy to optical energy at a plurality of emitters,an integrated circuit for selectively controlling the output from each of the emitters of the laser diode, anda cooler comprised of a plurality of ceramic sheets that are fused together, the cooler including internal channels for routing the coolant, the plurality of ceramic layers including an exposed upper sheet having a plurality of traces that lead from the integrated circuit to the emitters of the laser diode allowing the integrated circuit to selectively control the output from each of the emitters of the laser diode, the laser diode being mounted on the cooler such that the laser diode is in electrical contact with the plurality of traces; andwherein the cooler for the first laser diode package includes a metallization layer to receive electrical current from the laser diode of the second laser diode package and to pass the electrical current to the integrated circuit associated with the first laser diode package for use in the laser diode of the first laser diode package. 13. The laser diode array of claim 12, wherein the integrated circuit of the second laser diode package bypasses current from the laser diode of the second laser diode package and passes the current to the first laser diode package in response to sensing a failure condition in the laser diode of the second laser diode package. 14. The laser diode array of claim 12, wherein each of the integrated circuits monitor the current flowing to each emitter of the associated laser diode via the corresponding trace. 15. The laser diode array of claim 14, wherein each of the integrated circuits can selectively inhibit flow of current to an emitter in response to the current to the emitter being outside of a predetermined range.
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