FEATURES
 Power Supply Voltage VPS Range: 4.5V ∼15V
 Full Swing Output Voltage: 0.2VVPS to 0.8VVPS (input
voltage)
 Maximum Output Current: 500mA
 High Efficiency: ≥80% − no heat sink is needed
 (IOUT=500mA@VLDA=11V&VVPS=15V)
 Wide Modulation Bandwidth: DC ∼ 10kHz
 Dual Independent Current Set Ports
 Direct Digital Modulation Control
 Three Control States: Shutdown, Standby and Operation
 Low Output Current Noise: < 15μAP-P @0.1Hz~10Hz
 High Current Stability: <±300μA@500mA
&−20°C~80°C
 Low Output Ripple Voltage: < 4mV@500kHz
 Fully Shielded
 Compact Size: 25.4×20×5 (mm)
 100 % Lead (Pb)-free and RoHS Compliant

DESCRIPTION
This laser driver, ATLS500MA212, is an electronic module
that has all the valuable and important, but often contradict
features simultaneously: Wide input and output voltage
range, high output current capability, high efficiency, low
output noise (but it has a 4mVP-P ripple voltage at 500kHz),
wide modulation bandwidth, and small size. The wide output
voltage range, 0.2VVPS ~ 0.8VVPS, allows driving one or
multiple serial laser diodes at the same time, for up to 500mA
well controlled current at high efficiency. The extremely low
noise between DC ~ 10kHz and low DC current drift make it
ideal for driving diode pumped single mode laser diodes to
achieve mode-hop-free and narrow optical wavelength drift,
thus, long coherent length. Because of the high efficiency, the
laser driver generates small amount of heat, thus, no heat sink
is necessary for normal operation. The fully shielded case
blocks all the incoming and outgoing EMIs (Electro-Magnet
Interferences). Therefore, this laser will not interfere with other
surrounding electronics, nor will be interfered by them. The
small package saves valuable PCB space in laser systems.
Figure 1 shows physical photo of the ATLS500MA212.
This laser driver has two current set ports digitally controlled to
switch between them for setting the output current. This feature
allows modulating the laser digitally with 2 preset current
values.
The actual laser current and laser driver temperature are
monitored by dedicated ports. In case the laser driver
temperature exceeds the limit, 120°C, the laser driver will shut
down the output stage by itself and force the laser drive into
Standby Mode. There is a loop good indication output to tell if
the laser driver works ok.
The laser driver has 3 states: Operation, Standby and Shutdown.
Under Standby mode, all the laser driver components work
except the output stage, see Figure 4. Under Shutdown mode,
all the components of the laser driver stop working and the
power supply current is reduced to < 3μA.
This laser driver generates a high accuracy high stability low
noise, 5μVp-p, 3μVRMS, < 8ppm/°C, 2.5V<±2mV, voltage
reference output which can be used for setting the output
current and also be used as the reference voltage for the ADCs
(Analog to Digital Converters) and/or DACs (Digital to Analog
Converters).
The ATLS500MA212 uses a constant frequency high
efficiency PWM output stage. Its switching signal is taken out
through a buffer at the SYNO port, pin 14, which can be used
by other switch mode electronics as the trigger signal to avoid
frequency beating interference, if the free-run frequency is near
to 500kHz.