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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2008
Applicant:
Kiyoto Sudo, Matsumoto, JP;
Inventor:
Kiyoto Sudo, Matsumoto, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A light source device includes a semiconductor laser, and a drive circuit supplying the semiconductor laser with a pulsed drive current, and in the semiconductor laser, a laser emitting element and a free wheel diode are formed on the same substrate, and a cathode of the free wheel diode is connected to a current input terminal of the laser emitting element, and an anode of the free wheel diode is connected to a current output terminal of the laser emitting element.