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Control circuit of area control driving circuit for LED light source and controlling method thereof

US7978171B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 6, 2007
Grant dateJul 12, 2011
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Expiry dateMay 11, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH05B45/325
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A control circuit of a driving circuit for controlling a light emitting diode (LED) light source having a plurality of areas is provided. The control circuit includes the error amplifiers receiving a feed back current signal and a external reference voltage, and generating an error signal; a buffer register receiving a serial digital signal and generating the parallel digital signals; a work register receiving the parallel digital signals and a trigger signal, and outputting the parallel digital signals when the trigger signal is at a relatively high level; and a switch module having the power switches, each of which receives the error signal and the parallel digital signal for generating a driving signal to control a driving current of a specific area of the light source, in order to control the brightness in each area of the LED light source.

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