Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Current driver, LED drive circuit, lighting device and electronic apparatus
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Application No.: US15210297Application Date: 2016-07-14
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Publication No.: US09723674B2Publication Date: 2017-08-01
- Inventor: Takeshi Nozawa , Shingo Haruta
- Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Ukyo-Ku, Kyoto
- Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Ukyo-Ku, Kyoto
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- Priority: JP2015-145205 20150722
- Main IPC: H05B33/08
- IPC: H05B33/08 ; G02F1/1335

Abstract:
A current driver connected with light emitting diode (LED) bars of the maximum number N of channels and driving LED bars of M channels to be driven, includes: PWM input terminal configured to receive PWM-modulated external dimming pulse having duty cycle with a target light quantity common to the LED bars of the M channels; pulse measurement circuit configured to measure period and pulse width of the external dimming pulse and generate digital period data and pulse width data; interface circuit connected to external processor and configured to receive enable data and phase difference setting data; M current sources of the M channels to be driven and respectively connected with corresponding LED bars, and configured to be On-and-Off-switched in response to internal dimming pulse; and pulse generator configured to generate M internal dimming pulses and distribute the M internal dimming pulses to the M current sources.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170027034A1 CURRENT DRIVER, LED DRIVE CIRCUIT, LIGHTING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2017-01-26
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