PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16044811
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2020-01
Patent Classification: ["372", "050124"]

Abstract:
A vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) device includes a first distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) structure of a first conductivity type, and a second DBR structure of a second conductivity type. The second conductivity type is different than the first conductivity type. The VCSEL includes a cavity positioned between the first DBR structure and the second DBR structure. The cavity includes at least one quantum well structure to generate light. The VCSEL includes a first thermal buffer layer positioned between the cavity and the first DBR structure, and a second thermal buffer positioned between the cavity and the second DBR structure.

Claim (Index 1):
A vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) device, comprising:\n a first distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) structure of a first conductivity type; a second DBR structure of a second conductivity type, the second conductivity type being different than the first conductivity type; at least one quantum well structure positioned between the first DBR structure and the second DBR structure to generate light; and a first thermal buffer layer positioned between the at least one quantum well structure and the first DBR structure, wherein a thickness \u2018d\u2019 of the first thermal buffer layer satisfies the following equation: d<\u221a{square root over (D T \u0394t)}, where D T  is a thermal diffusivity of the first thermal buffer layer, and \u0394t is a pulse width of a signal that generates a current received by the at least one quantum well structure.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 18.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.61905
- Patent Class: 372.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13163434', '13571839', '14321792', '09993239', '14930191']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7861276732353171
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4765928665108246
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7551741925628678
- Mean Citation Score: 152.658328
- Max Citation Score: 162.5009
- Similarity Product: 119.1961639012158

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 0
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 0
- Combined Label: 0
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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