Patent ID: 7305016

Claim:
A laser diode assembly, comprising: a laser diode having an emitting surface and a reflective surface opposing the emitting surface, the laser diode having first and second side surfaces between the emitting and reflective surfaces; a first electrically-insulating heat sink attached to the first side surface of the laser diode via a first solder bond, the first heat sink having a first cooling channel; a second electrically-insulating heat sink attached to the second side surface of the laser diode via a second solder bond, the second electrically-insulating heat sink having a second cooling channel; a substrate having a top side and a bottom side, the top side being in communication with a first bottom side of the first electrically-insulating heat sink and a second bottom side of the second electrically-insulating heat sink, the substrate having a flow channel system for passing a coolant to the first cooling channel and the second cooling channel; and a metallization layer attached to the first electrically-insulating heat sink and the second electrically-insulating heat sink, the metallization layer being electrically coupled to the laser diode and conducting electrical current to the laser diode, the metallization layer being isolated from the coolant.