Recently re-engineered to integrate with higher temperature, RoHS-compliant manufacturing processes, the low-noise FL500 laser-diode driver is now compatible with reflow processing at less than +250°C ...

Santa Clara, CA — National Semiconductor launches its newest laser diode driver (LDD) for use in optical pickup units (OPUs). The LMH6533 has extremely fast switching rates and very low output current ...

A single laser-diode driver from Elantec Semiconductor directly drives both CD and DVD lasers, simplifying the task of combining these optical drives in a single system. Elantec's patented EL629XC ...