Square pulse laser driver for vertical cavity surface emitting laser arrays

    公开(公告)号:US12176680B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-24

    申请号:US17305138

    申请日:2021-06-30

    Abstract: In some implementations, an electrical drive circuit may include a first optical load terminal to receive an anode of a first optical load. The electrical drive circuit may include a junction section that includes a first electrical junction and a second optical load terminal to receive a cathode of the first optical load and an anode of a second optical load. The electrical drive circuit may include a third optical load terminal to receive a cathode of the second optical load; a first switch connected between the third optical load terminal and a common ground; a coupling capacitor connected between the first electrical junction and a second electrical junction; a second switch connected between the second electrical junction and the common ground; and an inductor connected from a second branch of the second electrical junction and between the second electrical junction and the common ground.

    Shaping pulses using a multi-section optical load

    公开(公告)号:US11990729B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-21

    申请号:US16916976

    申请日:2020-06-30

    Abstract: An optical device may drive a compensation section of a multi-section optical load to emit a compensation optical pulse by providing, for a first time interval, a compensation electrical pulse to the compensation section. The optical device may drive a main section of the multi-section optical load to emit a main optical pulse by generating, for a second time interval, a main electrical pulse, wherein at least a portion of the first time interval overlaps with the second time interval. The optical device may emit a combined optical pulse, wherein the combined optical pulse includes the compensation optical pulse and the main optical pulse, and wherein the combined optical pulse has a shorter rise time than the main optical pulse.

    Reconfigurable laser pulse generating circuit

    公开(公告)号:US11870215B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-09

    申请号:US16912338

    申请日:2020-06-25

    CPC classification number: H01S5/0428 H01S5/0425 G01S17/10 H01S5/06216

    Abstract: An electrical drive circuit may charge one or more inductive elements, where the electrical drive circuit includes the one or more inductive elements and a capacitive element in series between the one or more inductive elements and the optical load, and where the electrical drive circuit is connected to one or more sources. The electrical drive circuit may generate, after the charging and for a first time interval, a main electrical pulse. The electrical drive circuit may discharge, after the charging and for a second time interval, the one or more inductive elements to provide a compensation electrical pulse, where at least a portion of the second time interval overlaps with the first time interval. The electrical drive circuit may combine the main electrical pulse and the compensation electrical pulse into a combined electrical pulse. The electrical drive circuit may provide the combined electrical pulse to the optical load.

    Shutdown circuitry for a laser emitter

    公开(公告)号:US11757533B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-12

    申请号:US17449164

    申请日:2021-09-28

    CPC classification number: H04B10/564 H04B10/504

    Abstract: A shutdown circuit may include a filter, for receiving a laser trigger signal for a laser emitter, that is configured to output a filtered signal. The shutdown circuit may include a logic gate configured to receive the filtered signal and at least one of a first signal based on a signal from a photodiode or a second signal based on a signal from a conductive path. The shutdown circuit may include a flip-flop configured to receive an output of the logic gate and to output an enablement signal that is based on the output of the logic gate, and a driver circuit for a switch configured to control current flow to the laser emitter. The driver circuit may be configured to receive the enablement signal and the laser trigger signal and to output the laser trigger signal based on whether the enablement signal is a first or a second voltage.

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