LED driving device, illuminator, and Liquid Crystal Display device

摘要

The present invention provides a light emitting diode (LED) driving device as a semiconductor device, which comprises: a direct current/direct current (DC/DC) controller, for controlling an output segment that is used to generate an output voltage from an input voltage and supply the output voltage to an LED; an output current driver, for generating an output current of the LED; and an LED short-circuit detection circuit, for monitoring a cathode voltage of the LED to perform an LED short-circuit detection, wherein the LED short-circuit detection circuit controls whether an action is performed or not according to a short-circuit detection enable signal input from outside the LED driving device.

主权项

1. A light emitting diode (LED) driving device, comprising:
a direct current/direct current (DC/DC) controller, for controlling an output segment that is used to generate an output voltage from an input voltage and supply the output voltage to an LED; an output current driver, for generating an output current of the LED; and an LED short-circuit detection circuit, for monitoring a cathode voltage of the LED to perform an LED short-circuit detection, wherein the LED short-circuit detection circuit controls whether or not an action is performed according to a short-circuit detection enable signal input from outside the LED driving device, and wherein the LED driving device supplies the output current to the LED without performing the LED short-circuit detection if the LED short-circuit detection circuit makes the action invalid according to the short-circuit detection enable signal.