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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2006
Applicants:
Takayuki Yoneya, Tokyo, JP;
Keizo Sekido, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Takayuki Yoneya, Tokyo, JP;
Keizo Sekido, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Stanley Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 37/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A lighting control circuit for a flash discharge tube can include an IGBT drive circuit and a timer circuit provided in parallel to each other to output a drive voltage to an IGBT device. An OR circuit can be provided for delivering an output to the IGBT device based on the outputs from both the IGBT driver circuit and the timer circuit. Therefore, the IGBT device can be subject to a voltage output obtained by performing the logical sum of the outputs from the IGBT drive circuit and the timer circuit. This can ensure a necessary and sufficient voltage to the gate of the IGBT device.