PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16053522
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["372", "050122"]

Abstract:
An emitter array may comprise a plurality of vertical-emitting devices. The plurality of vertical-emitting devices may be in a two-dimensional pattern of vertical-emitting devices. The emitter array may further comprise a plurality of electrical contacts on a surface of the emitter array. Each of the plurality of electrical contacts may be co-located with and electrically connected to a corresponding vertical-emitting device of the plurality of vertical-emitting devices. The plurality of electrical contacts may provide mechanical support over the plurality of vertical-emitting devices. The plurality of electrical contacts may extend to approximately a same height. A subset of the plurality of vertical-emitting devices may be powered via a corresponding subset of the plurality of electrical contacts.

Claim (Index 1):
A vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) array, comprising:\n a plurality of VCSELs,\n wherein the plurality of VCSELs are in a two-dimensional pattern of VCSELs; \n a plurality of electrical contacts on a surface of the VCSEL array,\n wherein an electrical contact, of the plurality of electrical contacts, is co-located with a corresponding VCSEL of the plurality of VCSELs, \n wherein the plurality of electrical contacts provides mechanical support to an adjacent element over the plurality of VCSELs, \n wherein the plurality of electrical contacts extends to approximately a same height, \n wherein the plurality of electrical contacts has a height that is greater than other elements of the VCSEL array on a same surface as the plurality of electrical contacts; and \n a plurality of metal interconnects on the surface of the VCSEL array,\n wherein one of the plurality of metal interconnects electrically connects one of the plurality of electrical contacts and one of the plurality of VCSELs that corresponds to the one of the plurality of electrical contacts, \n wherein a subset of the plurality of VCSELs can be powered via a corresponding subset of the plurality of electrical contacts and a corresponding subset of the plurality of metal interconnects to power an emission pattern that is different than the two-dimensional pattern of VCSELs.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.83721
- Patent Class: 372.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15893068', '15171844', '15716139', '16045633', '12868591']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.806264724965161
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5130307504560464
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7769413275142495
- Mean Citation Score: 231.599212
- Max Citation Score: 301.8551
- Similarity Product: 243.91496013392208

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

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