Patent ID: 7965747
Filing Date: 2011-06-21
Classification: H01S,H04N

Abstract:
1. A laser light source apparatus comprising: a laser light source; a driving circuit that drives the laser light source; a heat exchanger that cools the laser light source and the driving circuit through the laser light source, the heat exchanger including at least one heat pipe extending from the laser light source and a plurality of cooling fins attached to the at least one heat pipe; a housing that accommodates the laser light source, the heat exchanger, and the driving circuit and that has an intake port and an exhaust port; and an air-cooling fan that is attached to the housing and that discharges air taken in from the intake port to the exhaust port to circulate the air inside the housing, wherein the cooling fins are arranged at a position opposed to the intake port to be stacked up on each other at predetermined intervals, and a pitch between the cooling fins is equal to or less than a minimum width of the intake port.