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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 28, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Toshiki Nakayama, Atsugi, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
372 38 ;
Abstract
A light emitting element drive apparatus includes a differential signal processing circuit for performing logic processing of input complementary image signals that are 180.degree. out of phase and at least one control signal using a differential circuit while maintaining the complementarity of signals to generate complementary output signals, and a switching circuit which is driven by the complementary output signals to supply a drive current to a light emitting element.