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

Claim 12:
13. 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 is configured to transmit an input electric current to the set of emitters from an input end of the trace, associated with the channel,
wherein the trace comprises a first trace portion that is closest to the input end 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 has a uniform first trace width, and
wherein the second trace portion includes a second subset of emitters, of the set of emitters, and has a variable second trace width.