Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Two-stage LED driver with selectable dual output current
- Patent Title (中): 双级LED驱动器,可选择双输出电流
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Application No.: US14042786Application Date: 2013-10-01
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Publication No.: US09301350B2Publication Date: 2016-03-29
- Inventor: Yehuda Daniel Levy
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Current Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: GE Global Patent Operation
- Agent Peter T. DiMauro
- Main IPC: H05B37/02
- IPC: H05B37/02 ; H05B33/08

Abstract:
A two-stage LED driver for providing a substantially constant output current to an LED load, and related methods and systems. The first stage of the LED driver includes a conventional power factor correction (PFC) circuit that outputs a direct current (DC) voltage and a DC current. The second stage of the LED driver includes a low voltage flyback circuit that receives the DC voltage and the DC current. The low voltage flyback circuit includes a flyback transformer and a switch circuit that selectably toggles the substantially constant output current provided by the low voltage flyback circuit to the LED load between a first and a second, preset constant current. The secondary windings of the flyback transformer are split into two sections, and the switch circuit toggles the two sections of the secondary windings between a series and a parallel configuration to provide the first and second, preset constant currents.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150091466A1 TWO-STAGE LED DRIVER WITH SELECTABLE DUAL OUTPUT CURRENT Public/Granted day:2015-04-02
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