Light emission control device, light source device, and projection-type video display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11057594-B2
Application number	US-202016879890-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 21, 2020
Priority date	May 22, 2019
Publication date	Jul 6, 2021
Grant date	Jul 6, 2021

Abstract

A light emission control device controls a first switching element of a light source circuit including a first resistor, a light emitting element, and the first switching element coupled in series between a first power supply node and a second power supply node set to a lower potential than the first power supply node. The light emission control device includes a second detection circuit that compares a first potential difference between both ends of the first resistor with a determination value, a light emission control circuit that outputs a first control signal that controls on/off of the first switching element, and a logic determination circuit that determines whether or not the first switching element is short-circuited. The light emission control circuit sets the first control signal to a first drive stoppage state that inactivates the first control signal, and when the second detection circuit has detected that the first potential difference is larger than the determination value, the logic determination circuit outputs an error signal.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A light emission control device that controls a first switching element of a light source circuit including a first resistor, a light emitting element, and the first switching element coupled in series between a first power supply node and a second power supply node set to a lower potential than the first power supply node, the light emission control device comprising:
a detection circuit that compares a first potential difference that is a potential difference between both ends of the first resistor with a determination value;
a light emission control circuit that outputs a first control signal that controls on/off of the first switching element; and
a logic determination circuit that determines whether or not the first switching element is short-circuited, wherein
the light emission control circuit sets the first control signal to a first drive stoppage state that inactivates the first control signal, and when the detection circuit has detected that the first potential difference is larger than the determination value, the logic determination circuit outputs an error signal,
wherein the light source circuit includes an inductor coupled between the second power supply node and the first switching element, a smoothing capacity coupled in parallel with the first resistor, the light emitting element, and the first switching element between the inductor and the first power supply node, a second switching element coupled between the inductor and the second power supply node, and a rectifier diode coupled in parallel with the first resistor, the light emitting element, the first switching element, and the inductor between the second switching element and the first power supply node, and
the light emission control circuit outputs a second control signal that controls on/off of the second switching element, and sets the second control signal to a second drive stoppage state that inactivates the second control signal, and when the first control signal has also been set to the first drive stoppage state that inactivates the first control signal, the logic determination circuit outputs the error signal before the first potential difference becomes less than the determination value.

2. The light emission control device according to claim 1 , wherein the determination value is set within a range of voltage values corresponding to a current that flows in a range from 1/10 or more to 9/10 or less with respect to a lower limit value of a current amount that flows through the light emitting element during normal operation.

3. The light emission control device according to claim 1 , wherein when outputting the error signal, the second control signal is fixed to an inactive state.

4. A light source device, comprising:
the light emission control device according to claim 1 ; and
the light source circuit.

5. A projection-type video display device, comprising: the light source device according to claim 4 ; and
a processing device that controls the light source device.

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Yamamoto Yuki

Classifications

• H04N9/3141

  Constructional details thereof (details not peculiar to the presence of an electronic spatial light modulator G03B21/14) · CPC title

• H04N5/63 Primary

  Generation or supply of power specially adapted for television receivers · CPC title

• H05B45/325 Primary

  Pulse-width modulation [PWM] · CPC title

• G03B21/2053

  Intensity control of illuminating light (controlled by video signal processing H04N5/74 or H04N9/31) · CPC title

• H05B39/09

  in which the lamp is fed by pulses {(automatic circuit devices built into or on the incandescent lamp H01K1/625; vehicle winking devices B60Q1/38)} · CPC title