Patent ID: 8581512
Filing Date: 2013-11-12
Classification: H05B

Abstract:
1. A lighting apparatus, comprising: a light source module including a voltage conversion unit, which includes at least one switching device, for receiving, as a power, an external DC voltage or a rectified voltage obtained by rectifying an input alternating current (AC) voltage, and for converting the received voltage into a desired voltage by turning on and off the corresponding switching device thereby to supply the desired voltage to the first pin base of the light source module; a setting power source for supplying a power to the characteristic setting unit via the first or the second pin base; and a characteristic determination unit for determining the characteristic information, wherein the first and the second pin bases have a structure attachable to an illumination device for a fluorescent lamp, and the characteristic determination unit determines the characteristic information based on a signal generated at a pin base other than a pin base to which the voltage conversion unit is connected.