Invention Grant
- Patent Title: LED driver and method
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Application No.: US16648452Application Date: 2018-09-20
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Publication No.: US11234310B2Publication Date: 2022-01-25
- Inventor: Nicolaas Johannes Antonius Gommans , Franciscus Bernardus Marie Van Horck , Marc Saes
- Applicant: EldoLAB Holding B.V.
- Applicant Address: NL Son en Breugel
- Assignee: EldoLAB Holding B.V.
- Current Assignee: EldoLAB Holding B.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Son en Breugel
- Agency: RatnerPrestia
- Priority: NL2019587 20170920
- International Application: PCT/NL2018/050623 WO 20180920
- International Announcement: WO2019/059767 WO 20190328
- Main IPC: H05B45/34
- IPC: H05B45/34 ; H05B47/105 ; H05B47/10 ; H05B45/385 ; H05B45/54

Abstract:
An LED driver comprises a current source and a power supply configured to provide a power supply output voltage to the current source. The LED driver further comprises a controller configured to measure a voltage drop over the current source and to generate a feedback signal in response to the measured voltage drop. The power supply comprises a power supply regulator configured to regulate the power supply output voltage of the power supply between a minimum power supply output voltage and a maximum power supply output voltage, the power supply regulator comprising a power supply regulator input.
The feedback signal is provided to the power supply regulator input, in a range from a first feedback signal value representing a minimum power supply output voltage to a second feedback signal value representing a maximum power supply output voltage.
At a start-up of the LED driver, the controller provides the feedback signal at the first feedback signal value, and the power supply regulator, in response to receiving the first feedback signal value, controls the power supply to provide the minimum power supply output voltage.
The feedback signal is provided to the power supply regulator input, in a range from a first feedback signal value representing a minimum power supply output voltage to a second feedback signal value representing a maximum power supply output voltage.
At a start-up of the LED driver, the controller provides the feedback signal at the first feedback signal value, and the power supply regulator, in response to receiving the first feedback signal value, controls the power supply to provide the minimum power supply output voltage.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200229278A1 LED DRIVER AND METHOD Public/Granted day:2020-07-16
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