Non-evacuated, rapidly coolable housing for an opto-electronic semiconductor component

US4621279A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Telefunken Electronic GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Horst Maier · Planegg, DE
• Gottfried Pahler · Berlin, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 12, 1984
• Grant date: Nov 4, 1986
• Expiry date: Oct 12, 2004

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S505/875
• WIPO field: Other consumer goods
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

The invention relates to a housing for opto-electronic components, with the semiconductor component being cooled by a cooler which operates in accordance with the Joule-Thomson effect and is in communication with the housing. The gist of the invention is that the non-evacuation housing comprises several sections, with the first section of the housing which is in direct communication with the cooler having a low thermal conductivity and a low thermal capacity, whereas the end section of the housing containing a radiation transmitting window has a high thermal conductivity and a high thermal capacity.