Segmented Connection Surface for Flexible Radiation Component Operation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing components face challenges in balancing conflicting requirements such as low threshold currents and high output power, often necessitating compromise designs that are inefficient and inflexible.
Innovation Solution
A component with a structured connection surface and individually controllable segments, separated by a passivation structure, allowing for independent electrical activation of sub-regions to adapt to different applications and operating modes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Use of energy by moving object
If narrow strips are used for low threshold currents, then threshold current is reduced, but output power decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The contact structure is divided into multiple individually controllable segments that can be selectively activated. This segmentation allows the component to operate in different modes: using only narrow segments for low threshold current applications or activating multiple segments simultaneously for high output power applications, thus resolving the contradiction between low threshold current and high output power requirements
Solution Approach 2:
The component transitions from a static design with fixed properties to a dynamic system where the active region can be reconfigured by selectively activating different segments. This dynamic adaptability enables the same physical structure to optimize for low threshold current when needed or for high output power when needed, eliminating the need for compromise designs
2Power
If wide strips are used for high output powers, then output power is increased, but threshold current increases
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of using a single wide strip that inherently requires high threshold current, the structure is segmented into multiple smaller contact regions. High output power can be achieved by activating multiple segments simultaneously, each contributing to the total power while maintaining lower individual threshold currents, thus achieving high power without the penalty of a single wide strip's high threshold
3Productivity
If compromise design is used for high volume production, then manufacturing efficiency is improved, but adaptability to different requirements decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The component is designed as a universal platform that can fulfill multiple different application requirements through selective activation of segments. A single manufactured component can adapt to low power applications, high power applications, different threshold current requirements, and various beam configurations, eliminating the need for multiple specialized designs and maintaining high manufacturing efficiency while achieving full adaptability
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables flexible operation, reducing manufacturing complexity and cost, and enabling rapid adaptation to diverse requirements, including customer-specific projects.
Implementation Method 1
The active zone is configured to generate electromagnetic radiation at least in places during operation of the component
Data Source
AI summary
The invention relates to a component with a main part and a contact structure. The main part has an active zone which is designed to generate electromagnetic radiation at least in some regions during the operation of the component. The contact structure has a plurality of individually actuatable segments. The component has a connection surface and a lateral surface running transversely to the connection surface, and the lateral surface is designed as a radiation passage surface of the component. The connection surface is designed to be structured, wherein the connection surface is defined by common internal boundary surfaces between the main part and the contact structure, and each segment has a local common boundary surface with the main part and is designed for a pixelated current impression into the main part. The invention additionally relates to a method for operating such a component.