Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Driving circuit for driving a plurality of light sources arranged in a series configuration
- Patent Title (中): 用于驱动以串联配置布置的多个光源的驱动电路
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Application No.: US12602682Application Date: 2008-06-04
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Publication No.: US08344633B2Publication Date: 2013-01-01
- Inventor: Roel Van Woudenberg , Petrus Johannes Bremer
- Applicant: Roel Van Woudenberg , Petrus Johannes Bremer
- Applicant Address: NL Eindhoven
- Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
- Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Eindhoven
- Agent Mark L. Beloborodov
- Priority: EP07109911 20070608
- International Application: PCT/IB2008/052180 WO 20080604
- International Announcement: WO2008/149294 WO 20081211
- Main IPC: H05B37/00
- IPC: H05B37/00

Abstract:
A driving circuit (10) for driving a plurality of light sources (1) arranged in a series configuration (2) is described. A controllable current source (20) is connected to said series arrangement of light sources. Each light source (1(i)) is bridged by a corresponding controllable switch (25(i)). A controller (30) controls the operation of the current source (20) to set a current level and controls the operative states of the respective switches (25(i)) in order to individually control the light output of the corresponding light sources. The controller (30) is capable of individually setting the switch control signals (SL(O) for the respective switches (25(i)). Especially, the controller (30) is capable of boosting the light output of one selected light source (1(x)) while maintaining the light output of other light sources in the series arrangement (2). To this end, the current level is increased while the other light sources are dimmed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100181924A1 DRIVING CIRCUIT FOR DRIVING A PLURALITY OF LIGHT SOURCES ARRANGED IN A SERIES CONFIGURATION Public/Granted day:2010-07-22
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