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    • 5. 发明公开
    • METHOD OF OPERATING A PULSE GENERATOR CIRCUIT RELATED PULSE GENERATOR CIRCUIT AND LASER SYSTEM
    • EP3855585A1
    • 2021-07-28
    • EP20306464.7
    • 2020-11-30
    • STMicroelectronics S.r.l.STMicroelectronics (Rousset) SAS
    • LETOR, RomeoPAVLIN, AntoineRUSSO, AlfioLECCI, Nadia
    • H01S5/042H01S5/0683H01S5/026H01S5/062
    • A pulse generator circuit (20a) configured to apply a current pulse to two output terminals (204, 206) . The pulse generator circuit (20a) comprises an LC resonant circuit (Lr, Cr) comprising an inductance (Lr) and a capacitance (Cr) connected in series between a first node (210) and a negative input terminal (202). The pulse generator circuit (20a) comprises moreover a charge circuit (220) configured to charge the capacitance (Cr) via a supply voltage ( Vcc ), a first electronic switch (S1) configured to selectively short-circuit the two output terminals (204, 206), a second electronic switch (S2) configured to selectively connect the two output terminals (204, 206) in parallel with the LC resonant circuit (Lr, Cr) and a control circuit (208a) configured to drive the first (S1) and the second (S2) electronic switch. Specifically, the control circuit (208a) repeats the following steps during each switching cycle:
      - for a first time-interval ( T 1 ) close the first electronic switch (S1) and open the second electronic switch (S2), wherein the capacitance (Cr) is charged via the charge circuit (220);
      - for a following second time-interval ( T 2 ) close both the first (S1) and the second (S2) electronic switch, wherein the LC resonant circuit (Lr, Cr) oscillates with a given resonant period (Tr);
      - for a following third time-interval ( T 3 , T ON ) open the first electronic switch (S1) and close the second electronic switch (S2), wherein the LC resonant circuit (Lr, Cr) provides a current ( i cr ) to the two output terminals (204, 206); and
      - for a following fourth time-interval ( T 2 ) close both the first (S1) and the second (S2) electronic switch, wherein the LC resonant circuit (Lr, Cr) oscillates with the given resonant period (Tr).
    • 6. 发明公开
    • PULSE GENERATOR CIRCUIT, RELATED SYSTEM AND METHOD
    • EP3937317A1
    • 2022-01-12
    • EP21305823.3
    • 2021-06-16
    • STMicroelectronics S.r.l.STMicroelectronics (Rousset) SAS
    • LETOR, RomeoPOLETTO, VanniPAVLIN, AntoineRUSSO, AlfioLECCI, Nadia
    • H01S5/042H01S5/062H03K17/56G01S17/88
    • A pulse generator circuit, for driving an array of laser diodes (LD_1, ..., LD_n) in a LIDAR system, for instance, comprises an LC resonant circuit (Lr, Cr) coupled between a first node (12) and a reference node (GND) as well as charge circuitry (16) configured to charge the capacitance (Cr) in the LC resonant circuit (Lr, Cr). A first electronic switch (S1) is coupled between the first node (12) and the reference node (GND), and one or more second electronic switches (S2_1, ..., S2_n) are coupled between the first node (12) and respective drive nodes (12 1 , ..., 12 n ) in turn configured to be coupled to respective electrical loads (LD_1, ..., LD_n).
      The circuit comprises drive circuitry (18, 182_1, ..., 182_n; 201, 202, 203) configured to repeat pulse generation cycles comprising:
      closing the first electronic switch (S1), to enable the LC resonant circuit (Lr, Cr) to oscillate with an increasing current flowing in the inductance (Lr) therein,
      in response to the current flowing in the inductance (Lr) reaching a threshold value, opening the first electronic switch (S1) wherein, as a result of one second electronic switch (S2_1, ..., S2_n) being closed for a respective pulse duration time (Ton_S2_1, ..., Ton_S2_n), the current in the inductance (Lr) is commutated towards the aforesaid second electronic switch (S2_1, ..., S2_n) and the respective drive node (12 1 , ..., 12 n ),
      opening the at least one second electronic switch (S2_1, ..., S2_n) at the expiration of said respective pulse duration time (Ton_S2_1, ..., Ton_S2_n).