Santa Clara, CA”November 10, 2003″Making a dramatic entry into a fast-growing market, National Semiconductor Corporation introduced laser diode drivers (LDDs) that will allow desktop and notebook ...

Since manufacturers of blue laser diodes are still unable to improve yield rates, the shortage may result in pushing back the competition between Blu-ray Disc (BD) and HD-DVD optical disc drives in ...

Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) announced today the availability of the ATR0881 laser diode driver IC for use in combined HD-DVD/Blu-ray, DVD, and CD drives. The ATR0881 is housed in a 4 mm x 4 mm ...

The ZL40510 and ZL40511 debut as the industry's first laser-diode drivers to support optical disk drives with x16 DVD and x52 CD write/rewrite speeds. According to the company, the drivers will allow ...

[Jens] decided he wanted to try building his own laser cutter to see just how much you can actually cut with a fairly low power 300mW laser diode. He was inspired by a similar project from earlier ...

-- New Laser Diode Driver IC Enables Development of Extremely Small and Cost-efficient Designs Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), a global leader in the development and fabrication of advanced ...

Atmel has announced the availability of a laser diode driver IC (ATR0881) for use in combined HD-DVD/Blu-ray, DVD, and CD optical drives, with the company claiming the solution is the industry's ...

in desktop PCs and consumer DVD recorders.

diodes with a wavelength of 650 nm or for CD-RW laser diodes with a wavelength of 780 nm. The ATR0842 is especially suited for blue laser ...

Ever wonder why projector systems and televisions doesn't use laser illumination? It isn't for safety reasons, and it isn't for efficiency reasons—laser diodes have efficiencies ranging from 30 to 50 ...