Patent ID: 6920162
Filing Date: 2005-07-19
Classification: H01L,H01S

Abstract:
1. An opto-electronic device comprising: a housing including a header and a body carried by the header, the housing having an interior volume including interior surfaces of the header and body, the interior volume including (a) circuit elements, one of the circuit elements including a laser, at least some of the circuit elements other than the laser being arranged for supplying power to the laser and (b) a first heat sink portion on which the laser is mounted so that the laser is in thermal contact with the first heat sink portion; a plurality of electrical pins for supplying electric power to the circuit elements, the plurality of electrical pins being carried by the header, the plurality of electrical pins extending from outside of the interior volume through the header and connected in the interior volume to the circuit elements; a heat pipe forming a second heat sink portion, the first and second heat sink portions being in heat exchange relation with each other and arranged for removing heat from the laser; the heat pipe being carried by the header and having (a) a liquid condenser portion outside of and remote from the interior volume and (b) a liquid evaporation portion in proximity to and in heat exchange relation with the first heat sink portion.