A lighting circuit which lights a semiconductor light source, the lighting circuit includes a drive circuit configured to receive a PWM signal from a controller, to generate a drive current to the semiconductor light source, and to switch the drive current according to the PWM signal. When a non-input state of the PWM signal exceeds a predetermined time, the lighting circuit is configured to assert an abnormality detection signal and to output the abnormality detection signal to the controller.
LIGHTING CIRCUIT AND VEHICLE LAMP
2018-02-01
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
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 |
European Patent Office | 2016
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