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Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2015

Filed:

Jul. 03, 2012
Applicants:

Eiichiro Niikura, Kyoto, JP;

Kazuaki Kitaga, Kyoto, JP;

Satoshi Yamada, Kyoto, JP;

Masamichi Iwaki, Kyoto, JP;

Inventors:

Eiichiro Niikura, Kyoto, JP;

Kazuaki Kitaga, Kyoto, JP;

Satoshi Yamada, Kyoto, JP;

Masamichi Iwaki, Kyoto, JP;

Assignee:

Rohm Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 33/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 33/0815 (2013.01);
Abstract

A driving current generation circuit includes a semiconductor device configured to operate with a variable voltage as a reference voltage, a driving current generator configured to generate a driving current for driving an LED (Light Emitting Diode) based on an instruction received from the semiconductor device, and a dimming voltage converter configured to generate a second dimming voltage set based on the variable voltage from a first dimming voltage set based on a ground voltage, wherein the semiconductor device performs a driving control of the driving current generator based on the second dimming voltage.


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