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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 18, 1999
Hiroshi Kimura, Hyogo, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A laser driver including a current-output-controlling switch; output-current-generating transistor; current-to-voltage converting transistor; first and second current sources; and current path selector having an input terminal and first and second output terminals. Responsive to a control signal, the selector outputs current through one of these two output terminals. The output current of the second current source is supplied to the current path selector. The output current supplied from the current path selector through the second output terminal thereof and the output current of the first current source are input to the current-to-voltage converting transistor. The output voltage of the current-to-voltage converting transistor is applied between the gate and source of the output-current-generating transistor. Then, the current is output through the drain of the output-current-generating transistor and the current-output-controlling switch.