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Granted Patent B2
US 7,525,895 · App. 10/541,913 · Granted Apr 28, 2009

Semiconductor integrated device

Assignee: Sony Corporation
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Patent No.
US 7,525,895
App. No.
10/541,913
Granted
Apr 28, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

To improve reliability in controlling an output of a semiconductor laser. There are provided a prism adhered to the semiconductor substrate, and having a light reflection surface formed with a light reflection film for reflecting a laser beam emitted from the semiconductor laser and a light transmission surface for transmitting a laser beam emitted from the semiconductor laser outside an aperture range of the objective lens; a monitor photoreceptor disposed in an area of the semiconductor substrate where the prism is disposed, and receiving the laser beam transmitted through the light transmission surface of the prism; and a signal detection photoreceptor disposed outside the area of the semiconductor substrate where the prism is disposed, for receiving, as return light, a laser beam reflected at the light reflection surface of the prism and converged upon the record surface of the disk-shaped recording medium via the objective lens.

Claims (17)

1. An integrated semiconductor device having a semiconductor substrate and one or more predetermined optical elements each of which includes a semiconductor laser disposed on the semiconductor substrate, and a laser beam emitted from the semiconductor laser is converged upon a record surface of a disk-shaped recording medium by an objective lens, said device comprising:

a prism adhered to the semiconductor substrate, and having a light reflection surface formed with a light reflection film for reflecting a laser beam emitted from a semiconductor laser and a light transmission surface formed approximately perpendicular to an optical axis of the laser beam emitted from the semiconductor laser for transmitting a laser beam emitted from the semiconductor laser outside an aperture range of the objective lens;

a monitor photoreceptor disposed in an area of the semiconductor substrate where the prism is disposed, and receiving the laser beam transmitted through the light transmission surface of the prism; and

a signal detection photoreceptor disposed outside the area of the semiconductor substrate where the prism is disposed, for receiving, as return light, a laser beam reflected at the light reflection surface of the prism and converged upon the record surface of the disk-shaped recording medium via the objective lens.

2. An integrated semiconductor device having a semiconductor substrate and one or more predetermined optical elements each of which includes a semiconductor laser disposed on the semiconductor substrate, and a laser beam emitted from the semiconductor laser is converged upon a record surface of a disk-shaped recording medium by an objective lens, said device comprising:

a prism adhered to the semiconductor substrate, and having a light reflection surface formed with a light reflection film for reflecting a laser beam emitted from a semiconductor laser and a light transmission surfaced formed approximately perpendicular to an optical axis of the laser beam emitted from the semiconductor laser for transmitting a laser beam emitted from the semiconductor laser outside an aperture range of the objective lens;

a monitor photoreceptor disposed in an area of the semiconductor substrate where the prism is disposed, and receiving the laser beam transmitted through the light transmission surface of the prism; and

a signal detection photoreceptor disposed outside the area of the semiconductor substrate where the prism is disposed, for receiving, as return light, a laser beam reflected at the light reflection surface of the prism and converged upon the record surface of the disk-shaped recording medium via the objective lens,

wherein,

the light reflection surface of the prism is formed at an angle of about 45° relative to the optical axis of the laser beam to be emitted from the semiconductor laser.

3. The integrated semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein, the light reflection surface and the light transmission surface of the prism are formed on the same flat plane having an angle of about 45° relative to an optical axis of a laser beam to be emitted from the semiconductor laser.

4. The integrated semiconductor device according to claim 1 , wherein, a stray light reflection film or a stray light absorption film is formed on at least a portion of a surface other than the light reflection surface and the light transmission surface of the prism.

5. The integrated semiconductor device according to claim 3 , wherein, a stray light reflection film or a stray light absorption film is formed on at least a portion of a surface other than the light reflection surface and the light transmission surface of the prism.

6. The integrated semiconductor device according to claim 4 , wherein, the light reflection film is a dielectric multilayer film or a vapor-deposited metal film.

7. The integrated semiconductor device according to claim 5 , wherein, the light reflection film is a dielectric multilayer film or a vapor-deposited metal film.

8. The integrated semiconductor device according to claim 4 , wherein, the stray light absorption film is a chromium oxide film.

9. The integrated semiconductor device according to claim 5 , wherein, the stray light absorption film is a chromium oxide film.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 6, 2006
From: NEMOTO, KAZUHIKO
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 017428/0497 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2003-005731 · Jan 14, 2003 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20060226432A1 · Oct 12, 2006