Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle lamp and vehicle lamp driving device
- Patent Title (中): 车灯和车灯驱动装置
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Application No.: US14657476Application Date: 2015-03-13
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Publication No.: US09386646B2Publication Date: 2016-07-05
- Inventor: Masayasu Ito , Takao Muramatsu , Syouhei Yanagidu
- Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: JP2014-052540 20140314; JP2014-052541 20140314
- Main IPC: H05B33/08
- IPC: H05B33/08 ; H05B41/282

Abstract:
There is provided a driving device which is used together with a light source including a plurality of light emitting units connected in series to configure a vehicle lamp. The driving device includes a current source which is configure to supply a drive current to the light source, and N bypass circuits which are provided in parallel to N light emitting units, respectively. Each of the bypass circuits includes a bypass transistor which is provided in parallel to a corresponding light emitting unit, a feedback capacitor which is provided between a gate and a drain of the bypass transistor, and a gate drive circuit which is configured to supply a drive voltage between the gate and a source of the bypass transistor according to a control signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150264754A1 VEHICLE LAMP AND VEHICLE LAMP DRIVING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2015-09-17
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