摘要:
A novel LED driver circuit, including: a current regulation circuit, having a first end and a second end, wherein a first current is flowing into the second end, and a voltage difference between the first end and the second end is generated in response to the first current; a transistor, coupled with the first end and second end of the current regulation circuit; a bias network, having a first end and a second end, the second end being coupled with the transistor; and a LED module, having at least two connection nodes, wherein the connection node at one end of the LED module is coupled to a line voltage, the connection node at the other end of the LED module is coupled to the transistor, and one of the at least two connection nodes is coupled with the first end of the bias network.
摘要:
A PWM controller capable of controlling output current ripple via a resistor, and an LED driver circuit using the PWM controller, the PWM controller including: a sawtooth signal generation unit for generating a sawtooth signal, of which a slope of a positive ramp is controlled by a control current, and the control current is determined by an external resistor; an amplifier having a positive input end coupled with a reference voltage, a negative input end coupled with a current sense signal, and an output end coupled with an external capacitor for generating a comparison signal; and a comparator having a positive input end coupled with the sawtooth signal, a negative input end coupled with the comparison signal, and an output end for generating an end-of-conduction signal, wherein the end-of-conduction signal will become active whenever the sawtooth signal reaches the comparison signal.
摘要:
A novel LED driver controller, including: an auto-gain control unit, having an input end coupled to an input voltage signal which is derived from a line voltage, and an output end for providing a normalized signal; a comparator, used to perform voltage comparison on the normalized signal and a current sensing signal to generate a turn-off signal, wherein the turn-off signal will change state from inactive to active when the current sensing signal reaches the normalized signal; and a driving circuit, having a set input end, a reset input end, and an output end, the set input end being coupled to a turn-on signal, the reset input end being coupled to the turn-off signal, the output end being used for providing a gating signal.
摘要:
A power conversion controller having a novel power factor correction mechanism, including: a normalization unit, used to generate a normalized signal according to a line voltage by multiplying the line voltage with a normalizing gain, wherein the normalizing gain is proportional to the reciprocal of the amplitude of the line voltage; a reference current generation unit, coupled to the normalization unit to generate a reference current signal by performing an arithmetic operation, wherein the arithmetic operation involves the normalized signal; and a gate drive signal generation unit, used to generate a gate drive signal, wherein the duty of the gate drive signal is determined by a voltage comparison of the reference current signal and a current sensing signal.
摘要:
A high side controller capable of sensing input voltage and output voltage of a power conversion circuit, including: a first switch, having a control end and two channel ends, the control end being coupled to a gate signal, and one of the two channel ends being coupled to a voltage signal, wherein the voltage signal is proportional to a negative version of the input voltage when the gate signal is active; an inverting amplification circuit, having an input end coupled to the other one of the two channel ends, and an output end for providing a first processed voltage; and a first sample and hold circuit, having a control input end coupled to the gate signal, an input end coupled to the first processed voltage, and an output end for providing a first sample voltage.
摘要:
A PFC LED driver having a flicker control mechanism, including: a bridge rectifier, used to generate a full-wave-rectified line input voltage according to an AC power; a single stage PFC constant average current converter, coupled with the bridge rectifier and used for forcing an input current to track the full-wave-rectified line input voltage and regulating an average value of an output current at a first preset value; and a current ripple reducing unit, in series with an LED module to form a load for the output current to flow through, wherein the current ripple reducing unit has a negative feedback control mechanism for forcing a peak of the output current approach an average value of the output current.
摘要:
A power conversion controller having an adaptive peak current reference, including: a peak current reference generation means, used for generating a peak current reference signal by performing an adaptive arithmetic operation on an output voltage feedback signal and a power source signal; and a comparator means, used for generating a gating signal by performing a voltage comparison operation on the peak current reference signal and a current sensing signal.
摘要:
A novel LED driver circuit, including: a current regulation circuit, having a first end and a second end, wherein a first current is flowing into the second end, and a voltage difference between the first end and the second end is generated in response to the first current; a transistor, coupled with the first end and second end of the current regulation circuit; a bias network, having a first end and a second end, the second end being coupled with the transistor; and a LED module, having at least two connection nodes, wherein the connection node at one end of the LED module is coupled to a line voltage, the connection node at the other end of the LED module is coupled to the transistor, and one of the at least two connection nodes is coupled with the first end of the bias network.
摘要:
A power conversion controller having a novel power factor correction mechanism, including: a normalization unit, used to generate a normalized signal according to a line voltage by multiplying the line voltage with a normalizing gain, wherein the normalizing gain is proportional to the reciprocal of the amplitude of the line voltage; a reference current generation unit, coupled to the normalization unit to generate a reference current signal by performing an arithmetic operation, wherein the arithmetic operation involves the normalized signal; and a gate drive signal generation unit, used to generate a gate drive signal, wherein the duty of the gate drive signal is determined by a voltage comparison of the reference current signal and a current sensing signal.
摘要:
A fixed dead time PFC controller, comprising: an amplitude normalization circuit, used to generate a normalized signal according to a full-wave rectified input voltage; a comparator circuit, used to compare the normalized signal with a threshold voltage to generate a select signal, wherein the select signal exhibits a first state when the normalized signal is higher than the threshold voltage, and a second state when the normalized signal is lower than the threshold voltage; and a driving signal selection circuit, having a first input end coupled to a first driving signal, a second input end coupled to a second driving signal, a control end coupled to the select signal, and an output end for outputting a gate driving signal.