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Title:
LIGHT SOURCE DRIVING CIRCUIT, OPTICAL SCANNER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2014103320
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide a light source driving circuit capable of reducing light emission delay time in light output and improving response characteristics, an optical scanner, and an image forming apparatus.

A light source driving circuit includes: a driving current generating unit that generates a driving current including a predetermined current acquiring a predetermined light intensity from a light source, and first and second overshoot currents added in synchronization with the predetermined current; and a control unit that sets, to the driving current generating unit, a value of the first overshoot current to a fixed value, and a value of the second overshoot current to a value calculated according to the light intensity output from the light source.


Inventors:
FUJITA ISATO
OMORI ATSUFUMI
IWATA MUNEO
Application Number:
JP2012255470A
Publication Date:
June 05, 2014
Filing Date:
November 21, 2012
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Assignee:
RICOH CO LTD
International Classes:
H01S5/0683; B41J2/44; G02B26/12; H04N1/113
Domestic Patent References:
JP2003188465A2003-07-04
JP2011216843A2011-10-27
JP2008213246A2008-09-18
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Tadashige Ito
Tadahiko Ito