Serial lighting interface with embedded feedback

    公开(公告)号:US09622310B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-04-11

    申请号:US15072642

    申请日:2016-03-17

    IPC分类号: H05B37/00 H05B33/08 H05B37/02

    摘要: According to one aspect, an integrated circuit to control a power supply that supplies power to a plurality of light-emitting diode (LED) strings is provided. The integrated circuit includes an interface circuit to couple to a plurality of serial shift registers that are coupled in a daisy chain. The interface circuit may be configured to receive a plurality of digital values from the plurality of serial shift registers each corresponding to a voltage level at one end of an LED string of the plurality of LED strings and identify a lowest digital value from the plurality of digital values. The integrated circuit may further includes a converter coupled to the interface circuit that is configured to convert the lowest digital value into a control signal and provide the control signal to the power supply to adjust an output voltage of the power supply.

    Controlling an LED string using a current sink with low side voltage regulation
    13.
    发明授权
    Controlling an LED string using a current sink with low side voltage regulation 有权
    使用低侧电压调节的电流吸收器控制LED串

    公开(公告)号:US09544954B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-01-10

    申请号:US14328936

    申请日:2014-07-11

    IPC分类号: H05B33/08

    摘要: A method of controlling an LED string having a first end coupled to a power source and a second end coupled to a first end of a current sink is provided. The method include generating a target voltage at a first end of an external inductor coupled to the second end of the current sink, comparing the target voltage to a measured voltage at the first end of the external inductor, charging the external inductor responsive to the measured voltage being greater than the target voltage, and discharging the external inductor responsive to the measured voltage being less than the target voltage.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种控制LED串的方法,其具有耦合到电源的第一端和耦合到电流汇的第一端的第二端。 该方法包括在耦合到电流吸收器的第二端的外部电感器的第一端产生目标电压,将目标电压与在外部电感器的第一端处的测量电压进行比较,对外部电感器进行充电,响应于所测量的 电压大于目标电压,并且响应于测量的电压小于目标电压,对外部电感器进行放电。

    Multiple chip voltage feedback technique for driving LED's
    14.
    发明授权
    Multiple chip voltage feedback technique for driving LED's 有权
    用于驱动LED的多芯片电压反馈技术

    公开(公告)号:US09429965B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-08-30

    申请号:US12611853

    申请日:2009-11-03

    IPC分类号: G05F1/565 G05F1/46 H05B33/08

    摘要: A multiple chip voltage feedback technique allows multiple strings of LED's and current sinks to be efficiently powered by a DC-to-DC voltage converter within an appliance. A connected series of differential amplifiers or multiplexers are used to monitor the voltages between the connected LED's and the current sinks, progressively determine the lowest voltage, and then feed the lowest voltage back to the voltage converter. The DC-to-DC voltage converter monitors this lowest voltage and adjusts its output in order to ensure that the strings have adequate voltage with which to function, even as the LED's have different forward voltages and the strings are asynchronously enabled and disabled.

    摘要翻译: 多芯片电压反馈技术允许多个LED串和电流吸收器由设备内的DC-DC电压转换器有效地供电。 使用连接的差分放大器或多路复用器系列来监视连接的LED和电流吸收器之间的电压,逐渐确定最低电压,然后将最低电压馈送到电压转换器。 DC-DC电压转换器监控这个最低电压并调整其输出,以确保串具有足够的电压,即使LED具有不同的正向电压,并且串是异步启用和禁用的。

    Serial lighting interface with embedded feedback
    15.
    发明授权
    Serial lighting interface with embedded feedback 有权
    具有嵌入式反馈的串行照明接口

    公开(公告)号:US09295123B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-03-22

    申请号:US13347668

    申请日:2012-01-10

    IPC分类号: G09G3/10 H05B33/08 H05B37/02

    摘要: A system for controlling multiple strings of LEDs includes a group of LED driver IC's, each of which includes a current sense feedback (CSFB) sample latch for storing a digital representation of the forward-voltage drop across a controlled LED string. Each CSFB latch is coupled to a register within a serial lighting interface (SLI) bus that both originates and terminates at an interface IC. As the data on the SLI bus is shifted into the interface IC, the interface IC selects the CSFB word that represents the highest forward-voltage drop of any of the controlled LED strings, which is then used by the interface IC to generate a CSFB signal for setting the appropriate supply voltage for the controlled LED strings.

    摘要翻译: 用于控制多串LED的系统包括一组LED驱动器IC,每组LED驱动器IC包括用于存储跨受控LED串的正向压降的数字表示的电流检测反馈(CSFB)采样锁存器。 每个CSFB锁存器耦合到串行照明接口(SLI)总线中的寄存器,两者都在接口IC处发起并终止。 随着SLI总线上的数据被转移到接口IC中,接口IC选择表示任何受控LED串的最高正向压降的CSFB字,然后由接口IC用于产生一个CSFB信号 用于设置受控LED串的适当电源电压。

    SWITCHING REGULATOR WITH REDUCED BODY DIODE CONDUCTION
    17.
    发明申请
    SWITCHING REGULATOR WITH REDUCED BODY DIODE CONDUCTION 审中-公开
    具有减少身体二极管导通的开关稳压器

    公开(公告)号:US20140333272A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-11-13

    申请号:US14340292

    申请日:2014-07-24

    IPC分类号: H02M3/156

    摘要: A switching regulator that includes a high-side MOSFET, a low-side MOSFET, a high-side driver circuit, a low-side driver circuit, and a capacitive coupling circuit. An output of the high-side driver circuit is coupled to a gate of the high-side MOSFET to control the high-side MOSFET to be substantially depleted during a first operational phase and to be substantially enhanced during a second operational phase. An output of the low-side driver circuit is coupled to a gate of the low-side MOSFET to control the low-side MOSFET to be substantially enhanced during the first operational phase and to provide a regulated drain-to-source current during the second operational phase. The capacitive coupling circuit is coupled to an input of the high-side driver circuit and the gate of the low-side MOSFET and decreases the regulated drain-to-source current during a transition from the first operational phase to the second operational phase.

    摘要翻译: 一种开关稳压器,包括高边MOSFET,低端MOSFET,高侧驱动电路,低侧驱动电路和电容耦合电路。 高侧驱动电路的输出耦合到高侧MOSFET的栅极,以控制高边MOSFET在第一操作阶段期间基本上耗尽,并且在第二操作阶段期间将显着增强。 低侧驱动电路的输出耦合到低侧MOSFET的栅极,以在第一操作阶段期间基本上增强低边MOSFET的控制,并且在第二操作阶段期间提供稳定的漏极 - 源极电流 操作阶段 电容耦合电路耦合到高侧驱动电路的输入端和低侧MOSFET的栅极,并且在从第一操作阶段到第二操作阶段的转变期间减小了调节的漏极 - 源极电流。

    Operational transconductance amplifier feedback mechanism for fixed feedback voltage regulators

    公开(公告)号:US08531164B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-09-10

    申请号:US13079734

    申请日:2011-04-04

    申请人: Kevin D'Angelo

    发明人: Kevin D'Angelo

    IPC分类号: G05F1/577 G05F1/46

    摘要: An operational transconductance amplifier used in conjunction with a multiple chip voltage feedback technique allows multiple strings of LEDs and current sinks to be efficiently powered by a simple feedback oriented voltage regulator within an appliance. A connected series of differential amplifiers or multiplexors are used to monitor the voltages between the connected LEDs and the current sinks, in order to progressively determine the lowest voltage. The operational transconductance amplifier compares this voltage to a reference voltage and injects or removes current from the feedback node of a voltage regulator, thereby altering the voltage present at the feedback node. This causes the voltage regulator to adjust its output, ensuring that the current sinks of the LED strings have adequate voltage with which to function, even as the LEDs have different forward voltages and the strings are asynchronously enabled and disabled.