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Laser diode output power stabilization in a laser imagesetter

US4803497A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 31, 1987
Grant dateFeb 7, 1989
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Expiry dateAug 31, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01S5/06837
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A laser diode imagesetter having multiple resolution operating modes, includes means for stabilizing the optical output power from the semiconductor laser diode during the scan trace interval across a photosensitive material so as to maintain a high extinction ratio for the laser diode even when its driving current is changed to a different level in order to operate the imagesetter at a different resolution mode.

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