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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 1988
Filed:
Aug. 27, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
455613 ; 372 38 ;
Abstract
A high-speed light emitting diode driver circuit for optical communication systems, in which an impedance circuit is provided between the collector and emitter of a drive transistor, and another impedance circuit is provided on the emitter side. The light emitting diode is connected to the collector side of the drive transistor. The light emitting diode is driven by an input pulse signal applied to the base of the drive transistor.