Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for horticultural lighting with current sharing
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Application No.: US15822024Application Date: 2017-11-24
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Publication No.: US10178730B2Publication Date: 2019-01-08
- Inventor: Stephen P. Adams , James V. Rhodes , Arthur A. Wilkes
- Applicant: Illum Technology, LLC
- Applicant Address: US AZ Mesa
- Assignee: Illum Horticulture LLC
- Current Assignee: Illum Horticulture LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US AZ Mesa
- Agent Michael T. Wallace
- Main IPC: H05B33/08
- IPC: H05B33/08 ; A01G9/20 ; H05B37/02 ; A01G7/04 ; F21Y113/13 ; F21Y115/10 ; F21V5/00 ; F21V19/00

Abstract:
A method and apparatus for a horticultural light for use in a horticultural facility that uses current sharing across any one or more LED strings within the horticultural light. A processor determines the current requirements of the one or more LED strings that are needed to produce a given intensity level. The processor then apportions the current generation capability of a DC-DC converter across all active LED strings using time division multiple access whereby each LED string conducts its apportioned current within its allocated time slot to the mutual exclusion of the remaining active LED strings in the allocated time slot. The processor employs analog (continuous) and/or digital (discontinuous) dimming techniques within each time slot to further modulate the amount of current conducted by any LED string within its allocated time slot.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180132322A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HORTICULTURAL LIGHTING WITH CURRENT SHARING Public/Granted day:2018-05-10
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