Laser diode driver driven in shunt mode by signals complementary to each other
AssigneeSumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
InventorKeiji Tanaka
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Abstract
A laser driver to drive an LD in the shunt mode and driven with signals complementary to each other is disclosed. The driver includes two FETs of the enhancement and a terminator. Two FETs are connected in parallel with the LD and driven by the complementary signals but have sizes different from each other. The terminator is connected between respective gate terminals of the FET. The driver further includes a capacitor that compensates the difference in the size of two FETs, which is substantially equal to a magnitude of the junction capacitance of the FET. The capacitor is integrated with the FETs.
Claims11
A laser driver to drive a semiconductor laser diode, said driver being driven by signals complementary to each other, comprising:
- a first transistor with an enhancement type for receiving one of said signals with a normal phase, said first transistor being connected in parallel to said laser diode;
- a second transistor with said enhancement type, for receiving another one of said signals with an opposite phase, said second transistor being connected in parallel to said laser diode and having a size smaller than a size of said first transistor;
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- a terminator connected between a control electrode of said first transistor and a control electrode of said second transistor.
An optical transmitter, comprising:
- a semiconductor laser diode;
- a laser driver configured to drive said laser diode, said laser driver being driven with differential signals complementary to each other;
- a current source configured to supply a bias current to said laser diode;
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- a package configured to enclose said laser diode and said laser driver therein but exclude said current source, said package having two input terminals for receiving said differential signals and a current terminal for receiving said bias current,
- wherein said laser driver includes two transistors, a terminator, and a capacitor, said two transistors having respective sizes different from each other, one of said two transistor receiving one of said differential signals with a normal phase through said one of input terminals of said package, and another of said two transistors receiving another of said differential signals with an opposite phase through said another one of input terminals of said package, said terminator being connected between said two input terminals, said capacitor connected to said another one of said input terminals of said package, and
- wherein said bias current is shunted to said laser diode and said first and second transistors in accordance with said differential signals.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.