Patent ID: 7580053

Claim:
A laser control circuit comprising: a clock generation circuit which generates a reference clock signal; a first synchronous circuit which includes a beam detection circuit detecting a light beam scanned in a main scanning direction and supplying a horizontal synchronous signal, and which supplies a first clock synchronized with the horizontal synchronous signal, on a basis of a reference clock signal from the clock generation circuit; a delay circuit which supplies a delayed horizontal synchronous signal obtained by delaying the horizontal synchronous signal by a half period of the first clock; a second synchronous circuit which supplies a second clock synchronized with the delayed horizontal synchronous signal on a basis of the reference clock signal; an image data processing section which subjects input image data to image processing and which outputs first to fourth image data in parallel; a first pulse width modulation circuit which outputs a pulse having a width corresponding to the first image data as an odd-numbered pixel with a left reference in accordance with the first clock; a second pulse width modulation circuit which outputs a pulse having a width corresponding to the second image data as an odd-numbered pixel with a right reference in accordance with the first clock; a third pulse width modulation circuit which outputs a pulse having a width corresponding to the third image data as an even-numbered pixel with the left reference in accordance with the second clock; a fourth pulse width modulation circuit which outputs a pulse having a width corresponding to the fourth image data as an even-numbered pixel with the right reference in accordance with the second clock; a synthesis circuit which synthesizes the pulses output from the first to fourth pulse width modulation circuits; and a laser which emits a light beam in accordance with the pulse synthesized by the synthesis circuit.