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Granted Patent B2
US 12,620,774 · App. 17/651,094 · Granted May 5, 2026

Analysis device

Inventors: Shinji Saito (Yokohama, JP); Yoichiro Kurita (Minato, JP); Rei Hashimoto (Edogawa, JP); Kei Kaneko (Yokohama, JP); Takayoshi Fujii (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
H01S5/0262A61B5/14532A61B5/1455H01S5/11H01S5/18305H01S5/3402H01S5/423A61B2562/0238
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Patent No.
US 12,620,774
App. No.
17/651,094
Granted
May 5, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An analysis device includes a substrate including a first surface, and a second surface positioned at a side opposite to the first surface; a light source part located at the first surface of the substrate, the light source part including a quantum cascade laser; a light detector located at the first surface of the substrate; and a wiring part located at the first surface of the substrate, the wiring part being electrically connected with the light source part and the light detector.

Claims (30)

1 . An analysis device, comprising:

a substrate including

a first surface, and

a second surface positioned at a side opposite to the first surface;

a light source part located at the first surface of the substrate, the light source part including a quantum cascade laser;

a light detector located at the first surface of the substrate; and

a wiring part located at the first surface of the substrate, the wiring part being electrically connected with the light source part and the light detector,

wherein the substrate is transmissive to a laser light emitted by the quantum cascade laser,

a laser light emitted by the quantum cascade laser travels through the substrate toward the second surface and is emitted outside the substrate from the second surface, and

the light detector receives a reflected light of the laser light incident on the second surface of the substrate from the outside.

2 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein the quantum cascade laser is surface-emitting and includes a photonic crystal layer.

3 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein the light detector includes a quantum cascade detector.

4 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein the light detector includes a metal antenna.

5 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein

the light source part includes a first quantum cascade laser and a second quantum cascade laser, and

the first quantum cascade laser and the second quantum cascade laser have different oscillation wavelengths.

6 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein the substrate includes Si, InP, or GaAs.

7 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein the substrate includes a lens portion at the second surface.

8 . An analysis device, comprising:

a substrate including

a first surface, and

a second surface positioned at a side opposite to the first surface;

a quantum cascade element located at the first surface of the substrate, the quantum cascade element being used as a light source part and a light detector; and

a wiring part located at the first surface of the substrate, the wiring part being electrically connected with the quantum cascade element,

wherein the substrate is transmissive to a laser light emitted by the quantum cascade element,

a laser light emitted by the quantum cascade element travels through the substrate toward the second surface and is emitted outside the substrate from the second surface, and

the quantum cascade element receives a reflected light of the laser light incident on the second surface of the substrate from the outside.

9 . The device according to claim 8 , wherein the quantum cascade element is surface-emitting/receiving and includes a photonic crystal layer.

10 . The device according to claim 8 , wherein the substrate includes Si, InP, or GaAs.

11 . The device according to claim 8 , wherein the substrate includes a lens portion at the second surface.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 15, 2022
From: SAITO, SHINJI; KURITA, YOICHIRO; HASHIMOTO, REI; KANEKO, KEI; FUJII, TAKAYOSHI
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-139049 · Aug 27, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230063072A1 · Mar 2, 2023
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