How to Drive Laser Diodes with Laser Drivers

Time : Jan 31 2016Source :analogtechnologies Author : Analog Click :
In order to drive laser diodes, our company (ATI) has designed and produced laser drivers with high voltage and constant current. The laser drivers feature high efficiency, high stability, low noise and compact size. And because of high efficiency, they don’t need heat sinks during normal operation. Figure 1 is the ATLS1A212D laser driver, which is a typical one of our laser drivers.
Figure 1. The photo of the ATLS1A212D laser driver
This driver has a maximum output current 1A and a wide input voltage range from 1.5 to 16V. And it can generate a high accuracy high stability low noise voltage reference to set the output current. The reference can also be used as the ADCs and/or DACs reference voltage. In addition, the laser driver comes with dedicated ports to monitor the actual laser current and temperature. 
And besides the ATLS1A212D laser driver, there are many other laser driver with high quality and different parameters, so users can select what you need.
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