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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2013
Applicant:
Rohm Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Inventor:
Masaki Omi, Kyoto, JP;
Assignee:
Rohm Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/00 (2006.01); H05B 41/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A drive unit has a load driving portion driving a load by a PWM drive method; a soft-start function portion for achieving a soft-start function; and a soft-start disabling portion counting a time elapsed after a PWM signal is turned on at start-up of the unit, and disabling the soft-start function when a count value reaches a predetermined value.