Light source driving device, and image processing device, image reading device and image forming apparatus using the light source driving device
First Claim
1. A light source driving device for driving plural light sources, comprising:
- a voltage booster to perform a voltage boosting operation of boosting a supply voltage from a power source to supply the boosted voltage to each of the plural light sources;
a constant current driver to regularly hold driving current for each of the plural light sources constant;
a load, that is separate from the plural light sources, to consume substantially a same power as all of the plural light sources; and
a switch to perform a switching operation of selectively connecting either the load or the plural light sources with the voltage booster and the constant current driver so that either the load or the plural light sources are connected and positioned in between the voltage booster and the constant current driver.
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Abstract
A light source driving device for driving plural light sources is provided. The light source driving device includes a voltage booster to boost a voltage from a power source to supply the boosted voltage to each of the plural light sources; a constant current driver to regularly hold driving current of each of the plural light sources constant; a load to consume substantially the same power as the plural light sources; and a switch to selectively connect either the load or the plural light sources with the voltage booster and the constant current driver so that the load or the plural light sources are interposed between the voltage booster and the constant current driver.
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15 Claims
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1. A light source driving device for driving plural light sources, comprising:
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a voltage booster to perform a voltage boosting operation of boosting a supply voltage from a power source to supply the boosted voltage to each of the plural light sources; a constant current driver to regularly hold driving current for each of the plural light sources constant; a load, that is separate from the plural light sources, to consume substantially a same power as all of the plural light sources; and a switch to perform a switching operation of selectively connecting either the load or the plural light sources with the voltage booster and the constant current driver so that either the load or the plural light sources are connected and positioned in between the voltage booster and the constant current driver. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A light source driving device for driving plural light sources, comprising:
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voltage boosting means for performing a voltage boosting operation of boosting a supply voltage from a power source to supply the boosted voltage to each of the plural light sources; constant current driving means for regularly holding driving current for each of the plural light sources constant; load means for consuming substantially a same power as all of the plural light sources, the load means is separate from the plural light sources; and switching means for performing a switching operation of selectively connecting either the load or the plural light sources with the voltage boosting means and the constant current driving means so that either the load or the plural light sources are connected and positioned in between the voltage boosting means and the constant current driving means.
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