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US08238393B2 Multi-beam laser light-intensity control circuit and optical scanning apparatus including the same 有权
多光束激光光强度控制电路和包括其的光学扫描装置

  • Patent Title: Multi-beam laser light-intensity control circuit and optical scanning apparatus including the same
  • Patent Title (中): 多光束激光光强度控制电路和包括其的光学扫描装置
  • Application No.: US12838918
    Application Date: 2010-07-19
  • Publication No.: US08238393B2
    Publication Date: 2012-08-07
  • Inventor: Mitsutaka Iwasaki
  • Applicant: Mitsutaka Iwasaki
  • Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
  • Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
  • Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
  • Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
  • Agency: Cooper & Dunham LLP
  • Priority: JP2009-180472 20090803
  • Main IPC: H01S3/00
  • IPC: H01S3/00
Multi-beam laser light-intensity control circuit and optical scanning apparatus including the same
Abstract:
A multi-beam laser light-intensity control circuit includes laser diodes; a light-receiving element for receiving a laser beam emitted from each laser diode and outputting a current corresponding to the light intensity of the received laser beam; and an automatic power control circuit for automatically controlling output power of each laser diode based on the current output from the light-receiving element. The automatic power control circuit includes a current/voltage conversion unit for converting the current output from the light-receiving element into a voltage; an error amplifying circuit for amplifying a difference voltage between the voltage output from the current/voltage conversion unit and a predetermined reference voltage; storing circuits each configured to store the difference voltage output from the error amplifying circuit in association with the corresponding laser diode; and drive current generating units each configured to generate a drive current for the corresponding laser diode based on the difference voltage.
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