US Patent Issued to KYOCERA SLD Laser on July 29 for "Laser-based integrated light source" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,854, issued on July 29, was assigned to KYOCERA SLD Laser Inc. (Goleta, Calif.).

"Laser-based integrated light source" was invented by Sten Heikman (Goleta, Calif.), Terry Towe (Goleta, Calif.) and Sudeep Khanal (Goleta, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laser-based light source includes a material arranged on a package base adjacent to a laser diode chip and an optical element coupled to the material. The optical element is aligned to receive electromagnetic radiation from the laser diode chip. The optical element includes a wavelength conversion material and is configured to receive at least a portion of the electromagnetic r...