LED light emitting device and method of driving the same
US8525433B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 29, 2010 |
| Grant date | Sep 3, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 15, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02B20/30
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An LED light emitting device and a method of driving the same are provided, and technology that can uniformly sustain the magnitude of a channel current flowing to a plurality of LED channels is disclosed. The LED light emitting device includes: a plurality of LED channels that are formed with a plurality of LED elements that are continuously connected in series; and a constant current source that controls each channel current flowing to the plurality of LED channels according to a predetermined channel reference current to be a predetermined setting channel current, wherein the constant current source includes a plurality of operating amplifiers that control the magnitude of each of the channel currents, and a feedback voltage generating according to a predetermined offset reference current is input to a second input terminal of an operating amplifier for an offset setting period that sets an offset voltage of the plurality of operating amplifiers, a reference voltage generating according to a channel reference current is input to a first input terminal of the operating amplifier, and an offset voltage of each of the plurality of operating amplifiers is set so that an actual chann…
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