ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,283,789, issued on April 22, was assigned to OMRON Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Electronics driver for pulsed discharge" was invented by Fred Freybler Schleifer (Spencer, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This application describes a laser driver that can include a voltage source, an inductor, at least one capacitor, a diode laser, and an electronic switch. The switch may be connected to ground and may be configured to alternate between an on state and an off state. In a first on state, current may flow through the switch to the inductor and through the inductor to store energy in the inductor. In a first off state, the inductor may release t...