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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2004
Matthew Stevenson, Santa Maria, CA (US);
Gang Yu, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Weixiao Zhang, Goleta, CA (US);
Matthew Stevenson, Santa Maria, CA (US);
Gang Yu, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Weixiao Zhang, Goleta, CA (US);
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a circuit for driving an electronic component includes a first conduction path and a second conduction path connected in parallel. Each of the first and second conduction paths includes a field-effect transistor. The first field-effect transistor lies along the first conduction path, and the second field-effect transistor lies along the second conduction path. The circuit can be used in an electronic device that includes a radiation-emitting electronic component or a radiation-responsive electronic component. During a first time period, current flows through the first conduction path and the first electronic component while a second conduction path of a driving unit is off. During a second time period, current flows through the second conduction path and the first electronic component while the first conduction path of the driving unit is off.