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Electronically cooled semiconductor laser module with modified ground line inductance
Assignee: Panasonic Holdings Corp
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Filing: 1998-01-08
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Granted: 2001-01-30
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Expires: 2018-01-08
Abstract
Abstract The invention provides a semiconductor laser module with an electronic cooling device prevented from experiencing a lowering of the optical frequency response characteristic level in a band used for public communications. By changing the inductance of the ground line between module package and chip-mounted carrier of the semiconductor laser module, the resonance frequency of a resonance circuit made up by including the ground line is shifted so as to deviate from the frequency band of public communications used by a modulation signal transmitting device.
Inventors
- 👤 Masaki Kobayashi
- 👤 Hiroyuki Asakura
- 👤 Masanori Iida
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 13:25
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01S; H01S5/00; H01S5/02; H01S5/022; H01S5/0225; H01S5/02251; H01S5/0233; H01S5/02345; H01S5/024; H01S5/02407; H01S5/02415; H01S5/04; H01S5/042; H01S5/0427; H10; H10W; H10W72/00; H10W72/50; H10W72/541; H10W72/5445; H10W72/551; H10W72/552; H10W72/5522; H10W90/00; H10W90/701; H10W90/751; H10W90/753
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 27
Claim 1
Independent Claim
183 words
A semiconductor laser module with an electronic cooling device comprising: a semiconductor laser diode; a chip-mounted carrier on which said semiconductor laser diode is mounted; an electronic cooling device on which said chip-mounted carrier is mounted, and which absorbs heat from said chip-mounted carrier; a module package in which said electronic cooling device is mounted on its inner bottom portion and from which the heat absorbed by said electronic cooling device is released; a modulation signal transmitting device operable to transmit an input modulation signal of a specified frequency to said semiconductor laser diode; and a ground line electrically connecting said module package and said chip-mounted carrier to each other; wherein an inductance of said ground line is changed so that a resonance frequency of a resonance circuit made up by including said ground line is shifted so as to deviate from a specified frequency band used by said modulation signal transmitting device; wherein said modulation signal transmitting device comprises an input terminal formed through a side wall of said module package; and wherein said module package is a butterfly type module package.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
183 words
A semiconductor laser module with an electronic cooling device comprising: a semiconductor laser diode; a chip-mounted carrier on which said semiconductor laser diode is mounted; an electronic cooling device on which said chip-mounted carrier is mounted, and which absorbs heat from said chip-mounted carrier; a module package in which said electronic cooling device is mounted on its inner bottom portion and from which the heat absorbed by said electronic cooling device is released; a modulation signal transmitting device operable to transmit an input modulation signal of a specified frequency to said semiconductor laser diode; and a ground line electrically connecting said module package and said chip-mounted carrier to each other; wherein an inductance of said ground line is changed so that a resonance frequency of a resonance circuit made up by including said ground line is shifted so as to deviate from a specified frequency band used by said modulation signal transmitting device; wherein said modulation signal transmitting device comprises an input terminal formed through a side wall of said module package; and wherein said module package is a butterfly type module package.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
26 words
A semiconductor laser module with an electronic cooling device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said chip-mounted carrier and said module package are electrically conductive.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
97 words
A semiconductor laser module with an electronic cooling device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said ground line comprises: a conductive first connecting device projectively extending from an inner bottom portion of said module package to near said chip-mounted carrier and having an large cross-sectional area, and a conductive second connecting device operable to connect said first connecting device and said chip-mounted carrier to each other and having a small cross-sectional area; wherein the inductance of said ground line is reduced so that the resonance frequency is shifted to a band higher than the frequency band.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
32 words
A semiconductor laser module with an electronic cooling device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein said first connecting device is formed integrally with the inner bottom portion of said module package.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
52 words
A semiconductor laser module with an electronic cooling device as claimed in claim 4 , wherein said first connecting device comprises a connection bottom portion which projectively extends to a height near a top surface of said chip-mounted carrier and to the top surface of which said second connecting device is connected.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
35 words
A semiconductor laser module with an electronic cooling device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein said first connecting device is a platy metallic block fixed to said module package by a removable fixing device.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
41 words
A semiconductor laser module with an electronic cooling device as claimed in claim 6 , wherein said platy metallic block is made from an alloy composed mainly of nickel, iron, and cobalt or an alloy composed mainly of copper and tungsten.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
111 words
A semiconductor laser module with an electronic cooling device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said ground line comprises: a conductive second connecting device operable to connect said module package and said chip-mounted carrier to each other and having a small cross-sectional area; or a third connecting device provided on said module package and having a specified inductance value, and a conductive second connecting device operable to connect said third connecting device and said chip-mounted carrier to each other and which has a small cross-sectional area; wherein the inductance of said ground line is increased so that the resonance frequency is shifted to a band lower than the frequency band.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
27 words
A semiconductor laser module with an electronic cooling device as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the inductance of said ground line is at least 10 nH.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
114 words
A semiconductor laser module with an electronic cooling device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said ground line comprises: a third connecting device provided on said module package and having a specified inductance value, and a conductive second connecting device operable to connect said third connecting device and said chip-mounted carrier to each other and which has a small cross-sectional area; wherein the inductance of said ground line is increased so that the resonance frequency is shifted to a band lower than the frequency band; and wherein said third connecting device comprises one or more in combination selected from a group consisting of coil, inductance chip, lead line, wire, and metal transmission line.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
28 words
A semiconductor laser module with an electronic cooling device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein said second connecting device comprises a bonding wire or a ribbon wire.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
82 words
A semiconductor laser module with an electronic cooling device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said ground line comprises: a conductive first connecting device projectively extending from said module package to near said chip-mounted carrier and having a large cross-sectional area, and a conductive second connecting device operable to connect said first connecting device and said chip-mounted carrier to each other and having a small cross-sectional area; wherein the resonance frequency is shifted so as to deviate from the frequency band.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
35 words
A semiconductor laser module with an electronic cooling device as claimed in claim 12 , wherein said first connecting device is a platy metallic block fixed to said module package by a removable fixing device.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
45 words
A semiconductor laser module with an electronic cooling device as claimed in claim 12 , wherein said first connecting device comprises a first platy metallic block fixed to said module package and a second platy metallic block removably fixed to said first platy metallic block.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
41 words
A semiconductor laser module with an electronic cooling device as claimed in claim 13 , wherein said platy metallic block is made from an alloy composed mainly of nickel, iron, and cobalt, or an alloy composed mainly of copper and tungsten.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
28 words
A semiconductor laser module with an electronic cooling device as claimed in claim 12 , wherein said second connecting device comprises a bonding wire or a ribbon wire.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
72 words
A semiconductor laser module with an electronic cooling device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said electronic cooling device comprises dielectric substrates being kept in contact with said chip-mounted carrier and said module package, respectively, and made from a ceramic material composed mainly of any one of alumina (Al 2 O 3 ), aluminum nitride (AlN), and calcium titanate (CaTiO 3 ), and a Peltier element sandwiched between said dielectric substrates.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
45 words
A semiconductor laser module with an electronic cooling device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said modulation signal transmitting device comprises a metal transmission line formed on a ceramic insert passing through said module package or a coaxial connector fixed to said module package.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
39 words
A semiconductor laser module with an electronic cooling device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an optical fiber operable to lead output light derived from said semiconductor laser diode to outside is connected to said semiconductor laser diode.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
97 words
A semiconductor laser module with an electronic cooling device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein said ground line comprises: a conductive first connecting device projectively extending from an inner bottom portion of said module package to near said chip-mounted carrier and having a large cross-sectional area, and a conductive second connecting device operable to connect said first connecting device and said chip-mounted carrier to each other and having a small cross-sectional area; wherein the inductance of said ground line is reduced so that the resonance frequency is shifted to a band higher than the frequency band.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
111 words
A semiconductor laser module with an electronic cooling device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein said ground line comprises: a conductive second connecting device operable to connect said module package and said chip-mounted carrier to each other and having a small cross-sectional area; or a third connecting device provided on said module package and having a specified inductance value, and a conductive second connecting device operable to connect said third connecting device and said chip-mounted carrier to each other and which has a small cross-sectional area; wherein the inductance of said ground line is increased so that the resonance frequency is shifted to a band lower than the frequency band.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
28 words
A semiconductor laser module with an electronic cooling device as claimed in claim 8 , wherein said second connecting device comprises a bonding wire or a ribbon wire.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
81 words
A semiconductor laser module with an electronic cooling device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein said ground line comprises: a conductive first connecting device projectively extending from said module package to near said chip-mounted carrier and having a large cross-sectional area, and a conductive second connecting device operable to connect said first connecting device and said chip-mounted carrier to each other and having small cross-sectional area; wherein the resonance frequency is shifted so as to deviate from the frequency band.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
72 words
A semiconductor laser module with an electronic cooing device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein said electronic cooling device comprises dielectric substrates being kept in contact with said chip-mounted carrier and said module package, respectively, and made from a ceramic material composed mainly of any one of alumina (Al 2 O 3 ), aluminum nitride (AlN) and calcium titanate (CaTiO 3 ), and a Peltier element sandwiched between said dielectric substrates.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
45 words
A semiconductor laser module with an electronic cooling device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein said modulation signal transmitting device comprises a metal transmission line formed on a ceramic insert passing through said module package or a coaxial connector fixed to said module package.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
39 words
A semiconductor laser module with an electronic cooling device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein an optical fiber operable to lead output light derived from said semiconductor laser diode to outside is connected to said semiconductor laser diode.
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