Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for driving light emitting diodes
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Application No.: US15211780Application Date: 2016-07-15
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Publication No.: US10091845B2Publication Date: 2018-10-02
- Inventor: Kevin Peter D'Angelo , Eddie Lok Chuen Ng
- Applicant: ADVANCED ANALOGIC TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: ADVANCED ANALOGIC TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee: ADVANCED ANALOGIC TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Lando & Anastasi, LLP
- Main IPC: H02M3/04
- IPC: H02M3/04 ; H05B33/08 ; G05F1/46 ; G05F1/565

Abstract:
A multiple-chip voltage feedback technique allows multiple strings of Light Emitting Diodes (LED's) and current sinks to be efficiently powered by a DC-to-DC voltage converter. A plurality of controllers connected in a daisy chain series monitor voltages between the connected LED's and the current sinks, progressively determine the lowest voltage, and then feed the lowest voltage back to the voltage converter. The DC-to-DC voltage converter monitors this lowest voltage and adjusts its output in order to ensure that the LED strings have adequate voltage with which to function, even as the LED's have different forward voltages and the strings are asynchronously enabled and disabled.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160330809A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DRIVING LIGHT EMITTING DIODES Public/Granted day:2016-11-10
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