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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2011
Filed:
May. 16, 2007
Light-emitting diode illumination circuit, illumination device, and liquid crystal display apparatus
Applicants:
Haruaki Wada, Chiba, JP;
Kunio Oshimo, Kanagawa, JP;
Takenobu Urazono, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 37/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A light-emitting diode illumination circuit includes light-emitting diodes connected in series and compensating elements connected in parallel with the light-emitting diodes. Each of the compensating elements includes positive and negative terminals and at least one conductor having a predetermined melting point. The conductor melts in the event of open-circuit failure so that the terminals are connected.