Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Constant current driving device having an improved accuracy
- Patent Title (中): 恒流驱动装置具有提高的精度
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Application No.: US12751919Application Date: 2010-03-31
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Publication No.: US08421426B2Publication Date: 2013-04-16
- Inventor: Roberto La Rosa , Massimo Michele Antonio Sorbera
- Applicant: Roberto La Rosa , Massimo Michele Antonio Sorbera
- Applicant Address: IT Agrate Brianza
- Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
- Current Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
- Current Assignee Address: IT Agrate Brianza
- Agency: Graybeal Jackson LLP
- Priority: ITMI2009A0518 20090331
- Main IPC: G05F1/00
- IPC: G05F1/00 ; G05F3/16

Abstract:
An embodiment of a driving device is proposed for supplying at least one regulated global output current to a load. The driving device includes programming means for programming a value of the global output current within a global current range. Reference means are provided for supplying a reference voltage, which has a value corresponding to the value of the global output current. Conversion means are then used for converting the reference voltage into the global output current. In the driving device according to an embodiment of the disclosure, the conversion means include a plurality of conversion units for corresponding partial current ranges, which partition the global current range. Each conversion unit is adapted to convert the reference voltage into a partial output current that contributes to the global output current, with the partial output current that is within the corresponding partial current range. The driving device further includes control means for selectively enabling the conversion units according to the partial current range wherein the global output current falls and for controlling the reference voltage so as to swing in a partial voltage range for each partial current range (with the partial voltage ranges that are at least partly superimposed).
Public/Granted literature
- US20100244790A1 CONSTANT CURRENT DRIVING DEVICE HAVING AN IMPROVED ACCURACY Public/Granted day:2010-09-30
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