Control circuit of light-emitting element

• US 8,569,964 B2
• Filed: 04/28/2011
• Issued: 10/29/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Semiconductor Components Industries LLC (ON Semiconductor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: ON Semiconductor Trading, Ltd (ON Semiconductor Corporation)
• Inventors: Fujimura, Yoshio, Xu, Feng
• Primary Examiner(s): Cho, James H
• Application Number:
  US13/096,652
• Publication Number:
  US 20110266965A1
• Time in Patent Office: 915 Days
• Field of Search: 315/209.R, 315/287, 315/291, 315/302, 315/307, 315/308, 315/311, 315/185.R, 315/186, 315/200.R, 315/201, 315/202
• US Class Current: 315/209.R
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/385 using flyback topology

Abstract

A control circuit of a light-emitting element comprises a rectifying unit (30) which full-wave rectifies an alternating current power supply, a switching element (38), a reference voltage generating unit (40) which generates a reference voltage (Vref), and a comparator (42) which receives a voltage (Srec) rectified by the rectifying unit (30), compares a comparative voltage (Vcmp) corresponding to a current flowing to an LED (102) and the reference voltage (Vref), and controls switching of the switching element (38) according to a comparison result, wherein the reference voltage generating unit (40) comprises a voltage dividing circuit having a transistor (Q1) in which a resistance value between a source and a drain is changed according to the voltage rectified by the rectifying unit (30), and outputs, using the voltage dividing circuit, the reference voltage (Vref) according to the voltage (Srec) rectified by the rectifying unit (30).

Claims

1. A control circuit of a light-emitting element, comprising:

a rectifying unit which full-wave rectifies an alternating current power supply;

a switching element;

a reference voltage generating unit which generates a reference voltage; and

a comparator which receives a voltage rectified by the rectifying unit, compares a comparative voltage corresponding to a current flowing to the light-emitting element and the reference voltage, and controls switching of the switching element according to a comparison result, wherein

the reference voltage generating unit comprises a voltage dividing circuit having a transistor in which a resistance value between a source and a drain is changed according to the voltage rectified by the rectifying unit, and outputs, using the voltage dividing circuit, the reference voltage according to the voltage rectified by the rectifying unit.

2. The control circuit of the light-emitting element according to claim 1, wherein

the reference voltage generating unit changes, as the voltage rectified by the rectifying unit becomes higher, a ratio of an increase of the reference voltage corresponding to an increase in the voltage rectified by the rectifying unit.

3. A control circuit of a light-emitting element, comprising:

a rectifying unit which full-wave rectifies an alternating current power supply;

a switching element;

a reference voltage generating unit which generates a reference voltage; and

a comparator which receives a voltage rectified by the rectifying unit, compares a comparative voltage corresponding to a current flowing to a primary side winding of a transformer having a secondary side winding connected to the light-emitting element and the reference voltage, and controls switching of the switching element according to a comparison result, wherein

the reference voltage generating unit comprises a voltage dividing circuit having a transistor in which a resistance value between a source and a drain is changed according to the voltage rectified by the rectifying unit, and outputs, using the voltage dividing circuit, the reference voltage according to the voltage rectified by the rectifying unit.

4. The control circuit of the light-emitting element according to claim 3, wherein

the reference voltage generating unit changes, as the voltage rectified by the rectifying unit becomes higher, a ratio of an increase of the reference voltage corresponding to an increase in the voltage rectified by the rectifying unit.