Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Light modulation controller, lighting system, and equipment instrument
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Application No.: US15202794Application Date: 2016-07-06
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Publication No.: US09750095B2Publication Date: 2017-08-29
- Inventor: Shigeru Ido , Akinori Hiramatu , Hiroshi Kido , Takeshi Kamoi , Daisuke Ueda
- Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar
- Priority: JP2015-137196 20150708
- Main IPC: H05B37/02
- IPC: H05B37/02 ; H05B33/08

Abstract:
A control circuit is configured to convert a DC voltage that is outputted from a DC power supply to a square wave voltage by switching the switching element according to a PWM signal having a duty ratio that corresponds to a light modulation level of the light source unit, and cause the square wave voltage to be outputted to the light source unit. The control circuit includes a voltage controller configured to control an operating voltage for operating the switching element such that at least one of a rising time and a falling time of a current that flows through the switching element is 1 microsecond or more.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170013686A1 LIGHT MODULATION CONTROLLER, LIGHTING SYSTEM, AND EQUIPMENT INSTRUMENT Public/Granted day:2017-01-12
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