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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2005
Yoshiaki Hachiya, Otsu, JP;
Ryutaro Arakawa, Amagasaki, JP;
Yoshiaki Hachiya, Otsu, JP;
Ryutaro Arakawa, Amagasaki, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A LED driving semiconductor circuit of the present invention includes a first input terminal connected to a light-emitting diode, a switching device block having a first FET and a first switching device, a reference voltage terminal which is connected to the first FET and outputs the reference voltage, a start/stop circuit which outputs a start signal when the reference voltage is equal to or larger than a predetermined value and outputs a stop signal when the reference voltage is less than the predetermined value, a current detection circuit which detects the current flowing through the first switching device, and a control circuit which controls ON/OFF of the first switching device intermittently at the predetermined frequency based on the output signal of the start/stop circuit and the output signal of the current detection circuit so that the constant current flows through the light-emitting diode.