Patent ID: 7466732

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, 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.