ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,744,360, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
"Laser diode driver circuit" was invented by Shota Ando (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laser diode driver circuit is provided that has a loop including a laser diode, a drive capacitor for storing drive charge, and a switch element, a first inductor coupled in series with the laser diode, a parallel capacitor coupled in parallel with a series circuit composed of the laser diode and the first inductor, and a first diode coupled in parallel with the series circuit in opposite polarity to the laser diode."
The patent was fi...