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EL driver with low side current mirrors

US6297597A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 14, 2000
Grant dateOct 2, 2001
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Expiry dateApr 14, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02B20/30
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A driver for an EL lamp includes a source of high voltage coupled to a first voltage rail and a second voltage rail and a transistor bridge output coupled to the rails, wherein the bridge output has no current mirrors for the high side transistors in the bridge output.

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