Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method for LED array control
- Patent Title (中): LED阵列控制装置及方法
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Application No.: US13072183Application Date: 2011-03-25
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Publication No.: US08456093B2Publication Date: 2013-06-04
- Inventor: Ari Kalevi Väänänen , Jussi Petteri Tikkanen , Vladimir Trondin
- Applicant: Ari Kalevi Väänänen , Jussi Petteri Tikkanen , Vladimir Trondin
- Applicant Address: US TX Dallas
- Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Current Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Dallas
- Agent Andrew S. Viger; Wade J. Brady, III; Frederick J. Telecky, Jr.
- Main IPC: H05B37/02
- IPC: H05B37/02

Abstract:
A control module for driving an LED array, with the array including N number of LED current drivers connected to N number of electrical terminals of the module, and Y number of transistor switches connected between Y number of electrical terminals of the module and a common voltage point. N and Y are each at least three. An N number of column conductors and a Y number of row conductors are to be connected to the respective N and Y number of electrical terminals. At least one of the N×Y number of LEDs is connected between each pair of the column and row conductors. The control module further includes a controller for controlling the states of the N number of LED current drivers and the Y number of transistor switches so that, during a given LED drive period, all of the LED current drivers are activated and only one of the transistor switches is turned ON to provided a selected row conductor in which case only those LEDs connected to a selected row conductor are activated.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120242236A1 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LED ARRAY CONTROL Public/Granted day:2012-09-27
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