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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2015
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Daisuke Yamahara, Osaka, JP;
Takeshi Kamoi, Kyoto, JP;
Hiroshi Kido, Osaka, JP;
Akinori Hiramatu, Nara, JP;
Katsushi Seki, Shiga, JP;
Daisuke Ueda, Osaka, JP;
Shigeru Ido, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A lighting device includes a rectifier, a constant current regulator and a charge-discharge circuit. The constant current regulator is electrically connected in series with first and second solid-state light-emitting element arrays between a pair of output terminals of the rectifier. The constant current regulator is configured to adjust a current flowing through the second solid-state light-emitting element array to a constant current. The charge-discharge circuit is electrically connected in series with the first solid-state light-emitting element array between the pair of output terminals of the rectifier. The charge-discharge circuit includes a charge storage element, and is configured so that a charge current flows to the charge storage element through the first solid-state light-emitting element array, and so that a discharge current flows from the charge storage element to the second solid-state light-emitting element array.