Patent ID: 8792527

Claim:
An apparatus for generating laser light comprising: at least one electrically conducting anode block, at least one electrically conducting cathode block, at least one semiconductor device having an anode and a cathode, positioned between the anode block and the cathode block; a first layer of conformable, compressible material positioned between the anode block and the anode of the semiconductor device, the conformable material being electrically and thermally conductive; an electrically insulating layer between the conformable material and the cathode block such that current flowing from the anode block to the cathode block flows only through each of the least one semiconductor device, and means for maintaining compression of the conformable material, maintaining electrical and thermal conduction between the anode of the laser device and the anode block through the conformable layer, and maintaining electrical and thermal conduction between the cathode side of each of the at least one semiconductor device and the cathode block.