US Patent 7664153 Laser diode array, optical scanning device and printing apparatus

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a laser diode array including: a laser array chip including: a substrate; and at least three of laser diodes that are formed on the substrate; first electrodes that are formed on each of the laser diodes so as to be isolated from one another; a sub-mount; and second electrodes that are formed on the sub-mount so as to correspond to the first electrodes and so as to be isolated from one another, wherein the laser array chip is mounted on the sub-mount through the first electrodes and the second electrodes, and wherein, among contacting surfaces between each of the first electrodes and a corresponding one of the second electrodes, a contacting area of a central one of the contacting surfaces is larger than that of an end one of the contacting surfaces.