Invention Grant
- Patent Title: AC-DC single-inductor multiple-output LED drivers
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Application No.: US15566564Application Date: 2015-04-23
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Publication No.: US10212770B2Publication Date: 2019-02-19
- Inventor: Yue Guo , Ting Leung Albert Lee , Sinan Li , Siew Chong Tan , Chi Kwan Lee , Shu Yuen Hui
- Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
- Applicant Address: CN Hong Kong
- Assignee: VERSITECH LIMITED
- Current Assignee: VERSITECH LIMITED
- Current Assignee Address: CN Hong Kong
- Agency: Leason Ellis LLP
- International Application: PCT/CN2015/077290 WO 20150423
- International Announcement: WO2016/169022 WO 20161027
- Main IPC: H05B37/02
- IPC: H05B37/02 ; H05B33/08 ; H02M3/158 ; H02M1/14 ; H02M3/156 ; H02M7/06 ; H02M1/00 ; H02M1/42

Abstract:
A single-stage AC-DC single-inductor multiple-output (SIMO) LED driver uses a single inductor (L) to drive multiple independent LED strings (341-34n) with Power Factor Correction (PFC). The driver uses a diode bridge (20) to achieve initial AC to DC conversion. The output of the bridge (20) is provided to a buck converter whose output is shared with multiple LED strings by a time division multiplex circuit. Feedback is used to separately control the current supplied to each LED string by using a separate reference for each string and controlling the width of the current pulse provided to a string. Current balancing in every LED string can be achieved with the same voltage reference without the need for additional circuitry.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180092179A1 AC-DC SINGLE-INDUCTOR MULTIPLE-OUTPUT LED DRIVERS Public/Granted day:2018-03-29
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