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Optoelectronic device and method of manufacturing same with an electrically insulating medium having a strip-shaped flexible foil

US5350916A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 30, 1993
Grant dateSep 27, 1994
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Expiry dateJun 30, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L2224/48227
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Optoelectronic devices in which optoelectronic components comprising a diode laser are fastened on a carrier plate having good heat conduction, and in which the carrier plate is provided with connection conductors for the components which are separated from the carrier plate by an electrically insulating medium, are used inter alia in equipment for optical reading and/or writing of information carriers such as CD (audio) or CDROM. The known device is comparatively expensive, especially because of the necessity of using a special connector when a flexible connection is desired. According to the invention, the electrically insulating medium comprises a strip-shaped flexible foil which carries conductor tracks, extends over and beyond the carrier plate, is fastened on the carrier plate, and has a void above the carrier plate in which the diode laser is present. As a result, the device has a flexible connection possibility without a special connector being necessary, while in addition--as in the known device--a good alignment, listening, and heat removal of the diode laser are possible. The manufacture and modification of the device according to the invention are also simpler and cheap…

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