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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2002
Yasuhiro Tamai, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Tetsuya Hasegawa, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A load driving apparatus is constituted with a high voltage power source, a low voltage power source, a first switching element, a second switching element, a lamp load, current detecting section, and PWM control section. The first switching element is connected to the high voltage power source which supplies a high voltage and is connected to the lamp load. The second switching element is connected to the low voltage power source which supplies a low voltage and is connected to the lamp load. The current detecting section detects a value of current flowing in the lamp load. The PWM control section is connected the first switching element, the second switching element, and the current detecting section to control a voltage to be supplied to the lamp load. The PWM control section turns the second switching element in ON state at first, and the low voltage is being supplied to the lamp load while the value of the current detected in the current detecting section is more than a predetermined value. Once the value of current detected by the current detected section becomes below the predetermined value, the PWM control section turns the second switching element in OFF state and drives the first switching element to supply the high voltage converted to a pulse voltage to the lamp load.