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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2011
Applicant:
Iain Ross Mactaggart, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Inventor:
Iain Ross Mactaggart, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Assignee:
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Berwyn, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/00 (2006.01); H01S 3/13 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A driver device for a laser includes a control device configured to generate a control current, an NPN differential amplifier connected to the control device and configured to superimpose a modulation current onto the control current to generate a combined current, and a laser activation switch coupled to the output of the NPN differential amplifier, the laser activation switch operating the laser utilizing the combined current. Also described herein is a communication system including a driver device.