Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Control circuit and method of a LED driver
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Application No.: US15008289Application Date: 2016-01-27
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Publication No.: US09781786B2Publication Date: 2017-10-03
- Inventor: Jyun-Che Ho , Isaac Y. Chen , Yi-Wei Lee
- Applicant: Richtek Technology Corporation
- Applicant Address: TW Zhubei, Hsinchu County
- Assignee: RICHTEK TECHNOLOGY CORP.
- Current Assignee: RICHTEK TECHNOLOGY CORP.
- Current Assignee Address: TW Zhubei, Hsinchu County
- Agency: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, P.C.
- Priority: TW104102835A 20150128
- Main IPC: H05B33/08
- IPC: H05B33/08

Abstract:
A control circuit of a LED driver utilizes a counter to acquire a cycle and a conduction time or a non-conduction time of an AC phase-cut voltage outputted by a TRIAC dimmer. A bleeding signal is determined according to the cycle and the conduction time or the non-conduction time and used for adjusting a bleeding current so as to avoid a flickering of the LED. The control circuit does not need extra pins for coupling a large capacitor, but the bleeding signal can be still acquired. Preferably, the present invention is suitable for an IC of low pin numbers.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160219662A1 CONTROL CIRCUIT AND METHOD OF A LED DRIVER Public/Granted day:2016-07-28
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