JPS5792884A - Driving circuit for laser diode - Google Patents

Driving circuit for laser diode

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Publication number
JPS5792884A
JPS5792884A JP55170664A JP17066480A JPS5792884A JP S5792884 A JPS5792884 A JP S5792884A JP 55170664 A JP55170664 A JP 55170664A JP 17066480 A JP17066480 A JP 17066480A JP S5792884 A JPS5792884 A JP S5792884A
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Prior art keywords
laser diode
current
surge current
circuit
diode
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JP55170664A
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Japanese (ja)
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Kuniyoshi Tamatoshi
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Mitsubishi Electric Corp
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Mitsubishi Electric Corp
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Priority to JP55170664A priority Critical patent/JPS5792884A/en
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S5/00—Semiconductor lasers
    • H01S5/06—Arrangements for controlling the laser output parameters, e.g. by operating on the active medium
    • H01S5/068—Stabilisation of laser output parameters
    • H01S5/06825—Protecting the laser, e.g. during switch-on/off, detection of malfunctioning or degradation

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Condensed Matter Physics & Semiconductors (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Optical Head (AREA)
  • Semiconductor Lasers (AREA)

Abstract

PURPOSE:To avoid a breakdown of a laser diode caused by an overcurrent by a method wherein the current of the laser diode is observed and when the current is going to exceed a specified value, the impedance of the circuit connected to the laser diode in parallel is reduced, so that the surge current is by-passed. CONSTITUTION:A transistor TR17 is connected to a circuit of a laser diode 2 in parallel and the emitter circuit of the TR17 is connected to a resistor 19. When a current begins to flow through the diode 2 by some reason, a voltage is produced between the both ends of an emitter resistor 13 of a compound TR3 by the surge current and the voltage is applied to the TR17 through a base resistor 18. If the circuit is so designed that a base voltage produced by the surge current is saturate enough by the TR17, most of the surge current will flow through the TR17. With the above method the diode 2 is protected from deterioration or breakdown caused by the surge current.
JP55170664A 1980-12-01 1980-12-01 Driving circuit for laser diode Pending JPS5792884A (en)

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JP55170664A JPS5792884A (en) 1980-12-01 1980-12-01 Driving circuit for laser diode

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JP55170664A JPS5792884A (en) 1980-12-01 1980-12-01 Driving circuit for laser diode

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JPS5792884A true JPS5792884A (en) 1982-06-09

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Cited By (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
JPS58118042A (en) * 1982-01-06 1983-07-13 Hitachi Ltd Optical disk device
JPS59147476A (en) * 1983-02-10 1984-08-23 Hitachi Koki Co Ltd Protective device for semiconductor laser
JPS6022747A (en) * 1983-07-19 1985-02-05 Fujitsu Ten Ltd Protecting circuit of laser pickup
JPS6068683A (en) * 1983-08-30 1985-04-19 Yokogawa Hewlett Packard Ltd Laser protecting circuit
JPS6169855U (en) * 1984-10-11 1986-05-13
JPS62130579A (en) * 1985-12-03 1987-06-12 Ricoh Co Ltd Semiconductor laser driving circuit
US5111065A (en) * 1990-03-23 1992-05-05 Massachusetts Institute Of Technology Diode driver circuit utilizing discrete-value DC current source

Cited By (11)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
JPS58118042A (en) * 1982-01-06 1983-07-13 Hitachi Ltd Optical disk device
JPH0563846B2 (en) * 1982-01-06 1993-09-13 Hitachi Ltd
JPS59147476A (en) * 1983-02-10 1984-08-23 Hitachi Koki Co Ltd Protective device for semiconductor laser
JPS6022747A (en) * 1983-07-19 1985-02-05 Fujitsu Ten Ltd Protecting circuit of laser pickup
JPH0527173B2 (en) * 1983-07-19 1993-04-20 Fujitsu Ten Ltd
JPS6068683A (en) * 1983-08-30 1985-04-19 Yokogawa Hewlett Packard Ltd Laser protecting circuit
JPH0348674B2 (en) * 1983-08-30 1991-07-25 Hewlett Packard Co
JPS6169855U (en) * 1984-10-11 1986-05-13
JPH025546Y2 (en) * 1984-10-11 1990-02-09
JPS62130579A (en) * 1985-12-03 1987-06-12 Ricoh Co Ltd Semiconductor laser driving circuit
US5111065A (en) * 1990-03-23 1992-05-05 Massachusetts Institute Of Technology Diode driver circuit utilizing discrete-value DC current source

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