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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a display device using light-emitting diodes (LEDs), which endures a serge voltage from an AC input and thermal stress, while assuring stable illuminance. SOLUTION: In the display device using an LED including: a rectifying circuit 2 for rectifying an AC input of a commercial alternate current(AC) voltage, and outputting it; and a plurality of LEDs 3 connected in series with this output used as input, a varistor 5 is connected between lines of AC input, and an overheat protective circuit 6 is connected to the plurality of LEDs 3 in series. Breakdown of the display device is prevented by preventing serge voltage from flowing from the commercial AC power supply by the varistor 5. The display device uses the LEDs with excellent reliability, which can prevent heat from being generated and raised to a prescribed temperature or more, by the overheat protective circuit 6. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To securely protect an inverter when charging a battery from an external power source through the inverter. SOLUTION: When charging the battery 26 by the external power source 34, if a temperature Ta of an element of the inverter 24 is a predetermined temperature T1 or more, or if a temperature Tb of coolant cooling the inverter is a predetermined temperature T2 or more, a control device 40 interrupts charging of the battery 26. Further, when the temperature Ta is within a limit which is less than the predetermined temperature T1 and is a predetermined temperature T3 or more, and the temperature Tb is within a limit which is less than the predetermined temperature T2 and is a predetermined temperature T4 or more, and these states is sustained over a predetermined time S, the control device 40 interrupts charging of the battery 26. Since heat generation of the inverter 24 is suppressed under this control, the inverter 24 is protected. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a discharge lamp lighting device that improves detection precision of temperature of an electrolytic capacitor and can be manufactured appropriately. SOLUTION: The electrolytic capacitor C1 for composing one portion of a main circuit for operating a lamp is packaged on one main surface 71a of a substrate 71. A temperature sensor 59 for capacitors for detecting temperature of the electrolytic capacitor C1 and composing one portion of a control circuit CC for driving the lamp by controlling the main circuit is packaged on the other main surface 71b of the substrate 71 and on the back of the electrolytic capacitor C1, thus improving detection precision of temperature of the electrolytic capacitor C1 by the temperature sensor 59 for capacitors and improving manufacturing properties without any need for providing processes, or the like for fixing the temperature sensor 59 for capacitors to the electrolytic capacitor C1. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an overheating protective circuit capable of changing the hysteresis width between an overheat protection temperature and an operation restoration temperature, depending on the overheated state of a semiconductor chip of a protective object. SOLUTION: The overheating protective circuit 1 includes: an overheated state detection part 11 which starts the output of an overheat detection signal Vb, when the temperature of the semiconductor chip 100 exceeds the overheat protection temperature and terminates the output of the overheat detection signal Vb, when the temperature of the semiconductor chip 100 lowers up to the operation restoration temperature, having hysteresis between the overheat protective temperature and itself; an abnormal overheat determination part 12, which receives the input of a signal capable of monitoring the overheated state of the semiconductor chip 100, and determines whether the semiconductor chip 100 is in an abnormally overheated state; and a hysteresis control part 13, which makes the hysteresis width wider in the direction of lowering the setting value of the operation restoration temperature in the overheated state detection part 11, when the abnormal overheat determination part 12 determines that the semiconductor chip is in the abnormally overheated state. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a load driving device and semiconductor device that can protect switching elements against an abnormally high temperature, irrespective of whether the abnormally high temperature is caused by the switching elements or not. SOLUTION: When a detection result by an element temperature sensor 41 for detecting a temperature in the vicinity of FETs 31 to 33, which are switching elements, exceeds a predetermined temperature, and a detection result by a current sensor 51 corresponding to, for example, the FET 31 exceeds a predetermined current value, the abnormally high temperature is caused by the FET 31, and therefore the FET 31 is turned off. When respective detection results by current sensors 51 to 53 corresponding to all the FETs 31 to 33 do not exceed the predetermined current value, the abnormally high temperature is not caused by the FETs 31 to 33, and therefore the FET 31 connected to a rear fog lamp 61 having low importance in a vehicle is turned off. However, when the FET 31 has already been turned off, the FET 32 connected to a fog lamp 62 having second lowermost importance is turned off. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a protection circuit having both proper functions of overcurrent protection and overtemperature protection. SOLUTION: The protection circuit includes: a first resistor for detecting a current applied to a circuit to be protected as a voltage; a reference voltage generating circuit for generating a reference voltage; an overcurrent detection circuit having an output to become high impedance when the voltage does not exceed the reference voltage and an output to become a predetermined voltage when the voltage exceeds the reference voltage; an overtemperature detection circuit including a temperature detection element having a resistance value varying in accordance with a temperature, a second resistor connected in series to the temperature detection circuit, a transistor having a control electrode connected in common to the output of the overcurrent detection circuit and to a connection point between the temperature detection element and the second resistor, operating in response to the voltage of the connection point when the output of the overcurrent detection circuit becomes high impedance, and operating in response to the predetermined voltage when the output of the overcurrent detection circuit becomes the predetermined voltage; and a control circuit for controlling so as to protect the circuit to be protected in response to the output of the transistor. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT