Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090039234 | LIGHT-EMISSION CONTROL CIRCUIT - A light-emission control circuit may include n light-emitting devices, where n is an integer equal to or greater than 2; a light guide plate which causes light emitted by the n light-emitting devices to reach the entirety of the back of a liquid crystal panel; a measuring unit for measuring a luminance of the entirety of the n light-emitting devices operating in the liquid crystal panel; and a control unit for comparing the measured luminance with a predetermined value and controlling the luminance of the n light-emitting devices, based on a result of comparison, wherein the n light-emitting devices are attached to a side of the light guide plate, and the measuring unit is attached to an opposite side of the light guide plate. | 02-12-2009 |
20090066293 | VOLTAGE COMPARISON CIRCUIT - A voltage comparison circuit makes a comparison between a first voltage and a second voltage. A resistor and a constant current source are provided in series between the first voltage and the ground voltage. A comparator receives the second voltage via one input terminal (non-inverting input terminal), and the voltage at a connection node between the aforementioned resistor and the constant current source via the other input terminal (inverting terminal). The first voltage is preferably used as the power supply voltage for the comparator. | 03-12-2009 |
20100270862 | POWER MANAGEMENT CIRCUIT - An external power source is connected to an adapter input terminal (first terminal). A battery is connected to a path input terminal (second terminal). A selection circuit (a first switch, a second switch, a logic circuit compares the input voltage input from the external power supply with the battery voltage, and selects one of the two. The voltage thus selected by the selection circuit is output to an external load circuit via a system power supply terminal. A charging circuit charges the battery using the input voltage supplied from the external power supply. | 10-28-2010 |
20120023344 | SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS - A first switch is arranged between a judgment unit and a signal line. The first switch is turned on during a period in which the judgment unit judges a device, after which the first switch is turned off. A second switch is turned off during a period in which the judgment unit judges the device, after which the second switch is turned on. The signal line connects a communication interface port, which allows various different kinds of devices to be connected, and a communication terminal of a processor configured to perform data communication with the device. The judgment unit monitors the electrical state of the signal line, and judges the device connected to the port. | 01-26-2012 |
20140159663 | BATTERY CONTROL CIRCUIT - A battery module includes an anode terminal, a cathode terminal, and multiple capacitor cells. Multiple tap electrodes are each provided to a corresponding connection node that connects adjacent capacitor cells. An intermediate terminal is connected to one from among the multiple tap electrodes. A battery control circuit includes a cell balance circuit configured to stabilize each of the voltages at the multiple tap electrodes to a corresponding target voltage level. The voltage at the anode terminal is supplied to the power supply terminal of the cell balance circuit. | 06-12-2014 |
20140167684 | SHUNT CIRCUIT, CHARGING SYSTEM AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A shunt circuit includes: a shunt resistor; a transistor connected in parallel to a storage element via the shunt resistor; a first OP amplifier configured to compare a battery voltage supplied to the storage element with a detection voltage; and a second OP amplifier configured to shunt a shunt current from a charging current supplied from a charging unit when the battery voltage reaches the detection voltage. The detection voltage is increased step by step, and the shunt current is increased whenever the battery voltage reaches the detection voltage. | 06-19-2014 |
20140175880 | ENERGY HARVESTING APPARATUS AND ENERGY HARVESTING SYSTEM - An energy harvesting apparatus includes: a capacitor configured to store energy generated by an energy harvesting element; and a switch connected to the capacitor and configured to switch energy supply from the capacitor to a load based on a capacitor voltage with which the capacitor is charged. An energy harvesting system includes: energy harvesting elements; energy harvesting apparatuses which are provided to respectively correspond to the energy harvesting elements; and a load as an energy supply destination connected to the energy harvesting apparatuses. | 06-26-2014 |
20140320071 | ELECTRICAL STORAGE DEVICE MONITORING CIRCUIT, CHARGING SYSTEM, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - An electrical storage device monitoring circuit includes a 3-state buffer configured to switch between a high output state and a low output state based on a flag output delivered from a previous electrical storage device monitoring circuit at a front stage, and also configured to detect a disconnection between the current electrical storage device monitoring circuit and the previous electrical storage device monitoring circuit at the front stage; a detection circuit configured to monitor an electrical storage device to detect whether the electrical storage device is normal or abnormal; and an output circuit configured to deliver the flag output to a subsequent electrical storage device monitoring circuit at a next stage based on an input of the 3-state buffer and a detection result of the detection circuit. | 10-30-2014 |