High speed non-biased semiconductor laser diode driver for high speed digital communication
CA 2237506 A1 · Owner: Lucent Technologies Inc. · Inventors: Ota, Yusuke
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The length of the tail which results in an optical output from a laser diode after the laser diode is no longer being driven is reduced or eliminated by a laser diode driver with a tail eliminator. More specifically, the laser diode driver includes an energy drainage path that is activated when packet communication is over. In one embodiment of invention, the terminals of the laser diode are short-circuited to provide the energy drainage path. In another embodiment of the invention the laser diode is reverse biased, so that charges stored in the laser diode are combined with charges which are provided thereto. Advantageously, the tail emission is substantially eliminated.
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- Filed May 13, 1998. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended May 13, 2018.
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