Many laser diode manufacturers supply application notes which suggest control circuits to drive their laser diodes. As an example, Figure 1 shows a typical discrete APC 1 laser diode driver solution ...

Figure 1 This laser-diode-drive circuit provides a constant current and protection against input overvoltages and start-up transients.

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 ...

[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… ...

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 EVLD02-II provides a convenient and easy to operate platform for evaluation of the IXLD02SI Laser Diode Driver IC (Integrated Circuit) that was developed by IXYS.

The laser driver consists of a high-speed modulation driver, laser-biasing block, and a pulse-width adjustment control circuit.

With the aid of an integrated monitor photodiode such laser diodes provide 5mW or 7mW output power with stable operation up to 70°C. The devices can even be offered in a very small 3.3mm TO-can ...

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 ...

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 ...