| CPC H01S 5/0261 (2013.01) [H01S 5/0428 (2013.01); H01S 5/06808 (2013.01); H01S 5/4025 (2013.01)] | 14 Claims |

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1. A pulsed laser diode driver comprising:
a laser diode switch having a first node that is configured to receive a source voltage;
a source capacitor having a first capacitor terminal directly electrically connected to the first node of the laser diode switch to provide the source voltage and a second capacitor terminal electrically coupled to a bias voltage node;
an inductor having a first terminal and a second terminal, the first terminal of the inductor being directly electrically connected to a second node of the laser diode switch;
a bypass switch having a drain node that is directly electrically connected to the second terminal of the inductor and a source node that is directly electrically connected to the bias voltage node;
a bypass capacitor having a first terminal that is directly electrically connected to the drain node of the bypass switch; and
a laser diode having an anode that is directly electrically connected to the second terminal of the inductor and a cathode that is directly electrically connected to the bias voltage node;
wherein:
the laser diode switch and the bypass switch are configured to control a current flow through the inductor to produce a high-current pulse through the laser diode, the high-current pulse corresponding to a peak current of a resonant waveform developed at the anode of the laser diode.
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