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Title: High voltage photo-switch package module having encapsulation with profiled metallized concavities

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1179014

A photo-conductive switch package module having a photo-conductive substrate or wafer with opposing electrode-interface surfaces metalized with first metallic layers formed thereon, and encapsulated with a dielectric encapsulation material such as for example epoxy. The first metallic layers are exposed through the encapsulation via encapsulation concavities which have a known contour profile, such as a Rogowski edge profile. Second metallic layers are then formed to line the concavities and come in contact with the first metal layer, to form profiled and metalized encapsulation concavities which mitigate enhancement points at the edges of electrodes matingly seated in the concavities. One or more optical waveguides may also be bonded to the substrate for coupling light into the photo-conductive wafer, with the encapsulation also encapsulating the waveguides.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC52-07NA27344
Assignee:
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, CA)
Patent Number(s):
9,025,919
Application Number:
13/657,746
OSTI ID:
1179014
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2012 Oct 22
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Transparent selective illumination means suitable for use in optically activated electrical switches and optically activated electrical switches constructed using same patent September 1991
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Thermally tunable optical devices patent June 2002
Solid state optical shutter patent November 2002
Optically Initiated Silicon Carbide High Voltage Switch patent-application April 2007