Patent ID: 11936158
Assignee: LUMENTUM OPERATIONS LLC
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 7:
8. A vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) array, comprising:
a plurality of channels;
a plurality of traces; and
a plurality of emitters; wherein:
a channel, of the plurality of channels, includes a set of emitters, of the plurality of emitters, arranged in a row of emitters, and
the channel includes a trace, of the plurality of traces, that has a first trace portion that is closest to an input end of the trace and a second trace portion that is farthest from the input end,
wherein the first trace portion includes a first subset of emitters, of the set of emitters, and is adjacent to each of a first pair of traces, and
wherein the second trace portion includes a second subset of emitters, of the set of emitters, and is adjacent to each of a second pair of traces.