The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 1994
Filed:
Feb. 18, 1992
Kanji Aoki, Suwa, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A current supplying integrated circuit which has multi-output for controlling current supply from a current source to a plurality of elements to be driven, such as LEDs, and comprises a plurality of switching devices for controllably supplying the current from the source to the corresponding elements to be driven wherein each of the switching devices has N unit switching elements arranged to be connected in parallel to each other to form a current synthesizing circuit. The unit switching elements have substantially the same current capacity. Each of the elements to be driven, such as LEDs, is supplied with a current whose intensity can be varied by N degrees by the synthesizing circuit. By varying the current intensity supplied to each of the elements, the unevenness in properties among them can be avoided or suppressed in an effective and simplified manner.