In low power laser diode modules the designer has the option to use the classical discrete solution or take advantage of fully integrated driver ICs. Often the component cost is the only driving ...

In the complete circuit, Figure 4 , the ISL58837 laser-diode driver has four current-amplifier channels and their current gains are determined by the serial resisters connected to IINR, IIN2, IIN3, ...

[Les] from [Les’ Lab] has designed a driver for laser diodes up to 10 watts, and decided to show us how it operates, tells us what we should keep in mind when designing such a driver, and tal… ...

This circuit was designed to meet a medical application’s requirement to drive a laser diode with reasonable precision and a minimum of components and footprint (the device is now in clinical ...

Contains various protection circuits such as laser diode overcurrent and short detection, thermal shutdown and photodiode overcurrent detection. The device has passed the AEC-Q100 (Grade 2) compatible ...

A single laser-diode driver from Elantec Semiconductor directly drives both CD and DVD lasers, simplifying the task of combining these optical drives in a single system. Elantec's patented EL629XC ...

See this diagram,I've been told the the proprietary drivers offer some extra protection from very short spikes (on power up and shutdown) in the current which laser diodes are very sensitive to ...

The “Thin Gate Driver” technology has been applied successfully by SiliconCore Technology on its full range of LDD devices and it has enabled the company to achieve over 50% world-wide market ...

FORT COLLINS, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--IXYS Corporation (NASDAQ IXYS), a leader in power semiconductors for power conversion and motion control applications, announced today that its Colorado division ...