Keating & Bennett, LLP
LED drive circuit
An LED drive circuit that sufficiently exhibits the performance of an LED element to obtain a favorable luminance at room temperature, includes a constant-current circuit including an LED element, a constant-current output unit, and a temperature sensing element having a negative resistance-temperature coefficient. The LED element is connected to the constant-current output unit in series. The constant-current output unit is connected to the LED element in parallel. Due to changes in the resistance value of the constant-current output unit caused by changes in temperature, the value of a current passing through the LED element is increased at room temperature and the value of a current passing through the temperature sensing element is reduced at high temperature.
Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
H
H05B
inventional
Hiromasa Yoshinori
Ito Kitamura