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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2004
Filed:
May. 30, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Tadaaki Suda, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
PENTAX Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/47 ; B41J 4/435 ; H01S 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/47 ; B41J 4/435 ; H01S 3/00 ;
Abstract
A semiconductor laser driving apparatus has a laser diode that emits a laser beam, a laser driving circuit that drives the laser diode by feeding a driving current in pulses to the laser diode, a conductor that conducts the driving current from the laser driving circuit to the laser diode, and an inductance adjuster that has a conductor-pattern for conducting the driving current and adjusting the magnitude of inductance in the conductor. A part of the conductor-pattern that makes the magnitude of the inductance a proper magnitude for emitting the laser beam in generally rectangular pulses, is selectively defined and conducts the driving current as a part of the conductor.