A buck converter supplies a drive current to a light source and is feedback-controlled so that the drive current comes close to a target current. An open-circuit detection circuit compares a potential difference between and input voltage and an output voltage of the buck converter with a threshold voltage.
LIGHTING CIRCUIT AND VEHICLE LAMP EMPLOYING SAME
02.02.2017
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B60Q ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL , Anordnung von Signal- oder Beleuchtungsvorrichtungen, deren Einbau oder Halterung oder deren Schaltkreise bei Fahrzeugen allgemein / H05B ELECTRIC HEATING , Elektrische Heizung |
Europäisches Patentamt | 2016
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