Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Controlling multiple groups of LEDs
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Application No.: US15016600Application Date: 2016-02-05
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Publication No.: US09603213B1Publication Date: 2017-03-21
- Inventor: Benjamin Marshall Suttles , Daniel Aaron Weiss , Antonio Marques
- Applicant: ABL IP Holding LLC
- Applicant Address: US GA Decatur
- Assignee: ABL IP Holding LLC
- Current Assignee: ABL IP Holding LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Decatur
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, LLP
- Main IPC: H05B37/02
- IPC: H05B37/02 ; H05B33/08

Abstract:
The described invention provides a method of and circuitry for driving three or more groups of light emitting diodes (LEDs) using time division multiplexing, whereby a periodic signal is divided among groups of LEDs, each with a different color or color temperature. The LEDs may be driven to produce colors along a desired path of values. Other qualities of light besides color or color temperature may be similarly controlled along a path of values. In some implementations, the system may receive an oscillating signal, which may be used as a periodic signal for comparison with the control signal, and one or more offset voltages, each of which may be combined with the oscillating signal to provide a second oscillating signal. The control signal may be compared to both of the oscillating signals to determine if a particular LED group may be powered.
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