FAILURE DETECTION CIRCUIT AND LIGHTING CONTROL CIRCUIT INCLUDING THE SAME, AND VEHICLE LAMP

To detect a phosphor failure (for example, loss or end of life) earlier or with a simpler circuit configuration.SOLUTION: A failure detection circuit includes, as a resistor R1, a phosphor PS1 that generates and emits light with a wavelength different from that of laser light emitted from a laser di...

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Hauptverfasser: YANG YUNWEN, KUMETA MASAYUKI
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Zusammenfassung:To detect a phosphor failure (for example, loss or end of life) earlier or with a simpler circuit configuration.SOLUTION: A failure detection circuit includes, as a resistor R1, a phosphor PS1 that generates and emits light with a wavelength different from that of laser light emitted from a laser diode LD1 on the basis of the laser light, and can generate a turn-off signal for turning off the laser diode LD1 according to a change in a resistance value of the resistor R1.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3 【課題】蛍光体の故障(例えば、欠損又は寿命)をより早く又はより簡素な回路構成で検出するニーズがある。【解決手段】故障検出回路は、レーザーダイオードLD1から放射されるレーザー光に基づいてレーザー光とは異なる波長の光を生成して放出する蛍光体PS1を抵抗器R1として含み、抵抗器R1の抵抗値の変化に応じてレーザーダイオードLD1を消灯させるための消灯信号を生成可能である。【選択図】図3