ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,586,981, issued on March 24, was assigned to ROHM Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Semiconductor laser device" was invented by Atsushi Yamaguchi (Kyoto, Japan) and Koki Sakamoto (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This semiconductor laser device comprises: a semiconductor laser element; a switching element connected in series to the semiconductor laser element, the switching element having a gate electrode, a drain electrode, and a source electrode; capacitors connected in parallel to the semiconductor laser element and the switching element; first drive electroconductive parts to which first terminals of the capacitors are connected;...