Patent ID: 8958448
Filing Date: 2015-02-17
Classification: H01L,H01S

Abstract:
1. An optical assembly comprising: a printed circuit board; a laser diode package mounted to the printed circuit board on a first side of the printed circuit board; a laser diode driver mounted to the printed circuit board on a second side of the printed circuit board, the laser diode driver to electrically communicate with the laser diode package through the printed circuit board; a heat sink coupled to the laser diode driver, the heat sink configured to provide a first thermal path for conducting heat from the laser diode driver; and a coupler coupled to the laser diode package, the coupler including a receptacle inside of which the laser diode package is positioned, and the coupler configured to provide a second, different thermal path for conducting heat from the laser diode package on the first side of the printed circuit board to the heat sink on the second side of the printed circuit board, the second, different thermal path being laterally offset along the printed circuit board from the first thermal path.