ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,316,073, issued on May 27, was assigned to Silanna Asia Pte Ltd (Singapore).
"Single-FET pulsed laser diode driver" was invented by Joseph H. Colles (Bonsall, Calif.), Steven E. Rosenbaum (San Diego) and Stuart B. Molin (Carlsbad, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pulsed laser diode driver includes multiple resonant laser diode driver cells, each cell including an inductor having a first inductor terminal to receive a source voltage, a source capacitor coupled between the first inductor terminal and ground, a bypass capacitor having a first terminal connected to the first inductor terminal and a second terminal connected to a secon...