LED drive circuit

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8547027
APP PUB NO 20120068616A1
SERIAL NO

13237572

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An object of the invention is to provide an LED drive circuit that can suppress the generation of harmonic noise. The LED drive circuit includes a rectifying circuit an LED array, and a current supply circuit which includes a capacitor and a time constant adjusting element, wherein the discharge time constant of the current supply circuit is set longer than the charge time constant of the current supply circuit, and wherein during a period of time when the magnitude of AC commercial power supply voltage is larger than the light emission threshold of the LED array, current to the light-emitting circuit is supplied mostly from the rectifying circuit, and during a period of time when the magnitude of AC commercial power supply voltage is not larger than the light emission threshold of the LED array, current to the light-emitting circuit is supplied from the current supply circuit.

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  • CITIZEN ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.;CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Akiyama, Takashi Sayama, JP 182 1888
Fukasawa, Hisashi Yamanashi, JP 9 44
Takahashi, Rintaro Tokorozawa, JP 30 345
Watanabe, Ryoichi Fujiyoshida, JP 44 539

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