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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2008
Applicant:
Akira Tomiyoshi, Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Akira Tomiyoshi, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An illumination device () includes a light-emitting diode (light-emitting element) () and an LED substrate (light source substrate) () including a mounting surface () on which the light-emitting diode () is mounted. A plurality of the light-emitting diodes () are mounted on the mounting surface () of the LED substrate () and an LED driver (driving circuit element) () for driving the light-emitting diodes () is provided on the backside () of the mounting surface ().