Laser drive device and image forming apparatus incorporating the same

    公开(公告)号:US20060078018A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-04-13

    申请号:US11250126

    申请日:2005-10-13

    申请人: Masaaki Moriya

    发明人: Masaaki Moriya

    IPC分类号: H01S3/00

    摘要: An inexpensive laser drive device which is capable of driving a laser for emission of an appropriate amount of light. Electric currents supplied from a supply current control device formed in an integrated circuit to a plurality of predetermined ports of the integrated circuit are turned on and off by switching devices in response to a signal from a signal output device of the supply current control device, and the on currents are supplied, as a driving current, from the supply current control device to a laser beam-emitting device through corresponding ones of the predetermined ports and resistors externally attached to these ports. A generator device formed in the integrated circuit generates a pulse signal for turning on and off a laser beam based on image data.