Patent ID: 11923658
Assignee: WAYMO LLC
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 7:
8. A method, comprising:
charging a plurality of firing circuits connected in parallel via a single inductor, wherein each firing circuit comprises a capacitor, a diode, a light emitting element, and a transistor, wherein charging each respective firing circuit comprises forward biasing the diode in the respective charging circuit and charging the capacitor in the respective firing circuit via the single inductor and the forward biased diode; and
discharging the plurality of firing circuits, wherein discharging each respective firing circuit comprises the transistor in the respective firing circuit causing the capacitor in the respective firing circuit to discharge through the light emitting element in the respective firing circuit thereby causing the light emitting element in the respective firing circuit to emit light.