Component acquisition and carrying cost Potential warranty claim expense Discrete Driver Circuit Many laser diode manufacturers supply application notes which suggest control circuits to drive their ...

Diodes whose reverse-breakdown characteristics are controlled precisely during manufacture are called as Zener diodes and are intended specifically for operation in the reverse breakdown mode ...

The circuit is simple enough: it uses a capacitor, a resistor, and a pair of diodes (one of them a zener diode). He uses this basic circuit to drive simple regulators with input and output filter ...