Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatuses for controlling the output voltage of a voltage regulator
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Application No.: US17607050Application Date: 2020-05-20
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Publication No.: US11751307B2Publication Date: 2023-09-05
- Inventor: Carsten Leitner , Andre' Krieger , Christian Schmitz , Thomas Geistert
- Applicant: Elmos Semiconductor SE
- Applicant Address: DE Dortmund
- Assignee: Elmos Semiconductor SE
- Current Assignee: Elmos Semiconductor SE
- Current Assignee Address: DE Dortmund
- Agency: Mindful IP Law
- Agent Michael J. McCandlish
- Priority: DE 2019113864.7 2019.05.23
- International Application: PCT/DE2020/100438 2020.05.20
- International Announcement: WO2020/233752A 2020.11.26
- Date entered country: 2021-10-28
- Main IPC: H05B45/347
- IPC: H05B45/347 ; H05B45/3725

Abstract:
A device comprises a voltage regulator, circuits, a voltage-to-current converter, a control bus, a resistor and a resistor network. Each of the circuits has at least one LED connector and one LED driver. Each of the circuits has a measuring circuit for detecting voltage differences between the potentials of LED terminals and a reference potential. Further, each of the circuits includes a local controller. The local controller withdraws a current from the control bus in dependence on the detected voltage differences. Bias current sources inject bias currents into the control bus in form of a sum current of the injected bias currents. The resistor performs a current-to-voltage conversion of the sum current to a control voltage. The voltage-to-current converter converts the control voltage into a current. The resistor network converts the current into a voltage value. An output voltage of the voltage regulator depends on the voltage value.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220210886A1 METHOD AND APPARATUSES FOR CONTROLLING THE OUTPUT VOLTAGE OF A VOLTAGE REGULATOR Public/Granted day:2022-06-30
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