Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Dynamic valley sensing method for double flyback LED driver
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Application No.: US17647287Application Date: 2022-01-06
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Publication No.: US11546979B1Publication Date: 2023-01-03
- Inventor: Scott Price , Wei Xiong , Dane Sutherland
- Applicant: Universal Lighting Technologies, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US AL Madison
- Assignee: Universal Lighting Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Universal Lighting Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US AL Madison
- Agency: Patterson Intellectual Property Law, P.C.
- Main IPC: H05B45/385
- IPC: H05B45/385 ; H05B45/59

Abstract:
A two-stage driver supplies current to a light emitting diode (LED) load. The driver includes a first stage and a second stage. The second stage is configured to generate a desired current through the LED load. The second stage has a flyback converter having a flyback transformer with a primary winding and a secondary winding. The primary winding is turned on and off by a gating signal. An induced voltage in the secondary winding rings when a current in the secondary winding is discharged. The flyback converter is configured to turn on the primary winding only during a detected valley in the ringing of the secondary winding. If the primary winding is turned on during a detected valley different from the previous detected valley, a valley jump is detected and the switching frequency is adjusted.
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