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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2015
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Takeshi Kamoi, Kyoto, JP;
Akinori Hiramatu, Nara, JP;
Hiroshi Kido, Osaka, JP;
Katsushi Seki, Shiga, JP;
Shigeru Ido, Osaka, JP;
Daisuke Yamahara, Osaka, JP;
Daisuke Ueda, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A controller circuit is configured to adjust the number of light-emitting diodes that a current flows from a rectifier circuit through so that: the number of light-emitting diodes, which are lit, of the plurality of light-emitting diodes increases according to a value of a pulsating voltage during a time period that the value of the pulsating voltage increases; and the number of light-emitting diodes, which are lit, of the plurality of light-emitting diodes decreases according to the value of the pulsating voltage during a time period that the value of the pulsating voltage decreases. Light-emitting diodes, which start to emit light by a higher voltage value, of the plurality of light-emitting diodes are disposed at a position nearer to an outside of a mounting region of a substrate than light-emitting diodes, which start to emit light by a lower voltage value, of the plurality of light-emitting diodes.