Abstract:
The present invention relates to a light emitting diode driver having a protection function that activates hiccup mode for a predetermined period of time when a light emitting diode performs an abnormal operation to thereby protect the light emitting diode. A light emitting diode driver having a protection function according to an aspect of the invention may include: a light emitting unit emitting light; a reference signal generating unit generating a reference signal having pulses with a predetermined period when the light emitting unit performs an abnormal operation; a control unit controlling operating time in hiccup mode according to the reference signal from the reference signal generating unit, the hiccup mode where output is switched on and off at a predetermined period; and a driving unit driving the light emitting unit in the hiccup mode for the operating time determined by the control unit.
Abstract:
There is provided an inverter for controlling a backlight using a variable frequency oscillator, the inverter including: a variable frequency oscillator generating a reference waveform having a variable frequency through voltage charged in a first capacitor and voltage discharged therefrom by a current; and a main switching signal generator generating a switching signal for driving a plurality of lamps based on a first error voltage between output voltages corresponding to currents flowing in the lamps and a first reference voltage and the reference waveform, whereby damage of circuit elements such as the lamps, or the like, may be prevented and the brightness of the lamps may be constantly maintained.
Abstract:
There is provided a frequency-variable oscillator that varies, even when a frequency of an input signal is varied, a frequency of an oscillation signal according to the varied frequency of the input signal. The frequency-variable oscillator includes: a voltage-to-current converter circuit for converting a voltage level of an input signal into a current level within a predetermined range; and an oscillator circuit for varying a frequency according to the current level from the voltage-to-current converter circuit and oscillating the varied frequency.
Abstract:
An inverter driver integrated circuit (IC) includes a control signal generator generating a first control signal and a second control signal by use of a pulse width modulation oscillator signal, a comparator comparing a half-wave rectified signal of a lamp feedback signal fed back from a lamp with a preset reference signal to output a lamp state signal, a first sensor receiving the lamp state signal and the second control signal to output a first sensing signal, and a second sensor receiving the first sensing signal and the first control signal to output a second sensing signal.
Abstract:
Provided is an apparatus for driving a light emitting element. The apparatus includes a power unit, a light emitting element array, a constant-current circuit unit, and a voltage limiting circuit unit. The power unit supplies driving power. The light emitting element array includes a plurality of light emitting elements connected in series between an anode terminal connected to the power unit and a cathode terminal. The constant-current circuit unit maintains a constant current flowing through the light emitting element array according to a first tuning voltage. The voltage limiting circuit unit is connected between the cathode terminal of the light emitting element array and the constant-current circuit unit, and divides a total voltage applied between the cathode terminal of the light emitting element array and a ground according to a second tuning voltage to limit a voltage applied to the constant-current circuit unit below a predetermined voltage.
Abstract:
A liquid crystal display backlight inverter including a first error amplifying unit receiving and comparing a first detection voltage corresponding to a current flowing through a lamp with a first preset reference voltage and outputting a first error voltage corresponding to an error therebetween; a second error amplifying unit receiving and comparing a second detection voltage corresponding to a voltage applied to the lamp with a second preset reference voltage and outputting a second error voltage corresponding to an error therebetween; a feedback selector selecting one of the outputs of the first and second error amplifying unit according to an error between the second detection voltage and a third preset reference voltage; and a lamp control pulse generator generating a pulse signal having a duty controlled according to one of the first error voltage and second error voltage.
Abstract:
In an FSC mode LCD, a controller operates in response to an external adjustment, and a DC/DC converter converts a battery voltage into a driving voltage under control of the controller. A color LED backlight includes first, second and third color LED arrays connected in parallel, which are operated by the driving voltage. An FSC generator generates first, second and third color PWM signals according to an internal sawtooth voltage and a dimming voltage. A 3-channel current source generates first, second and third driving currents under control of the controller, and on/off switches paths of the first, second and third driving currents flowing through the first, second and third color LED arrays according to the first, second and third color PWM signals generated from the FSC generator, thereby adjusting luminance of the first, second and third color LED arrays of the color LED backlight.
Abstract:
In an FSC mode LCD, a controller operates in response to an external adjustment, and a DC/DC converter converts a battery voltage into a driving voltage under control of the controller. A color LED backlight includes first, second and third color LED arrays connected in parallel, which are operated by the driving voltage. An FSC generator generates first, second and third color PWM signals according to an internal sawtooth voltage and a dimming voltage. A 3-channel current source generates first, second and third driving currents under control of the controller, and on/off switches paths of the first, second and third driving currents flowing through the first, second and third color LED arrays according to the first, second and third color PWM signals generated from the FSC generator, thereby adjusting luminance of the first, second and third color LED arrays of the color LED backlight.
Abstract:
A relaxation oscillator includes a ramp wave generator configured to generate a ramp wave by complementary first capacitor module charged and discharged according to a first switching signal and second capacitor module charged and discharged according to a second switching signal, a negative feedback circuit unit configured to generate a compensation voltage for compensating an error between the ramp wave and a reference voltage through a feedback of the ramp wave, and a switching signal generator configured to generate the first switching signal and the second switching signal from the compensation voltage and the ramp wave, including a peak voltage storage unit configured to store a peak voltage of the ramp wave that is controlled to be equal to the reference voltage based on the compensation voltage and a peak voltage transfer unit configured to transfer the peak voltage of the ramp wave to the negative feedback unit.
Abstract:
There is provided a power factor correction circuit capable of correcting a power factor of a power converting module through increasing an input current by switching a main switching element of a power converting module on the basis of a first reference wave having a slope based on a first signal and an error voltage, in particular, by limiting a switching frequency on the basis of a first reference wave having a slope based on a second signal lower than a first signal and an error voltage when the switching frequency of the main switching element increases because an input voltage of the power converting module is low.