Abstract:
A design support apparatus includes: a circuit-data generation unit to generate circuit data based on layout information of a semiconductor integrated circuit; and a parameter determination unit to set a first parameter relating to mechanical stress exerted on a transistor including at least one of a plurality of gates in a diffusion region, wherein the circuit-data generation unit obtains a mobility of the transistor based on the first parameter and reflects the mobility in the circuit data.
Abstract:
Using a switching signal from a coarse/fine switching and operation mode switching circuit, the width of change of a counter control value during power up is increased, and the width of change is reduced once a steady state is reached. In the steady state, the frequency of updating is limited by a control signal from an update permit control circuit. In the steady state, the frequency band of a current source in an LD driving circuit is reduced in width.
Abstract:
An optical processing device for converting a wavelength of an optical signal comprises an optical processing unit supplied with an input optical beam carrying thereon one or more optical signals with respective wavelengths that are different from each other, the optical processing means being further supplied with a control optical beam having a stabilized reference wavelength and selecting the optical signal that has a first wavelength and outputting the same with a second wavelength that is specified by the reference wavelength; and a control unit for controlling the optical processing unit by specifying the first wavelength of the optical beam to be selected.
Abstract:
Using a switching signal from a coarse/fine switching and operation mode switching circuit, the width of change of a counter control value during power up is increased, and the width of change is reduced once a steady state is reached. In the steady state, the frequency of updating is limited by a control signal from an update permit control circuit. In the steady state, the frequency band of a current source in an LD driving circuit is reduced in width.
Abstract:
A semiconductor light source for an optical transmitter which includes at least one DC supply unit and at least one AC supply unit, comprises a DC signal source connected to the DC supply unit in order to supply a drive signal thereto; and an AC signal source connected to the AC supply unit in order to supply a control signal thereto; wherein turning on or off an optical output by the semiconductor light source is controlled by using a control signal having the same electric polarity as the drive signal.
Abstract:
Using a switching signal from a coarse/fine switching and operation mode switching circuit, the width of change of a counter control value during power up is increased, and the width of change is reduced once a steady state is reached. In the steady state, the frequency of updating is limited by a control signal from an update permit control circuit. In the steady state, the frequency band of a current source in an LD driving circuit is reduced in width.
Abstract:
A light emitting device driving circuit capable of, at all times, securing a constant optical output by a simple configuration even in a case of driving a light emitting device having characteristics changing according to temperature fluctuations, provided with a driving transistor for feeding a bias current and a pulse current to a light emitting device having a grounded-cathode, an adjusting resistor for adjusting the pulse current and bias current fed to the light emitting device, and a resistive dividing circuit comprising series-connected dividing resistors for individually setting the pulse current and bias current, the series-connected dividing resistors being constituted by a temperature dependent resistive unit.
Abstract:
A light-emitting element driving circuit includes a drive transistor having a first terminal receiving a power supply voltage, a second terminal coupled to an anode of a light-emitting element, and a control terminal receiving an input signal, the drive transistor supplying a pulse current and a first bias current to the light-emitting element. A constant-current source is coupled to the anode of the light-emitting element and supplies a second bias current to the light-emitting element. A compensation circuit controls the second bias current so that a variation in the first bias current due to a temperature variation can be compensated for thereby the sum of the first and second bias currents is kept constant.
Abstract:
An integrated semiconductor laser array apparatus which is simple in structure and yet capable of stabilizing the light output from each individual semiconductor laser element. The integrated semiconductor laser array apparatus includes a semiconductor laser array provided by integrating a plurality of semiconductor laser elements. The semiconductor laser array includes a master semiconductor laser element selected from the plurality of semiconductor laser elements and slave semiconductor laser elements constituted of the remaining semiconductor laser elements. A laser beam output from the master semiconductor laser element is sensed by a photodiode and thereby a photocurrent corresponding to the received light ,intensity is generated and the bias current for the master semiconductor laser element is controlled by a first bias current control circuit such that the generated photocurrent is kept constant. The bias current for each of the slave semiconductor laser elements is controlled by a second bias current control circuit depending on the output from the First bias current control circuit such that the ratio between the bias current for the master semiconductor laser element, and the bias current for each of the plurality of slave semiconductor laser elements is kept constant.
Abstract:
An optical drop-and-insert apparatus which can process an optical signal in the form of an optical signal without converting the optical signal into an electric signal. The optical drop-and-insert apparatus expands the pulse width of an optical data pulse in an optical data pulse train on an optical highway and drops the optical data pulse to form an empty bit at the bit of the optical data pulse or another bit so that a new optical data pulse may be inserted into the empty bit. Miniaturization of the apparatus and increase in processing speed can be attained by enabling processing of an optical signal while it remains in the form of an optical signal.