- Patent Title: Constant current source LED driver circuit with self-clamped output
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Application No.: US14556392Application Date: 2014-12-01
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Publication No.: US09894718B1Publication Date: 2018-02-13
- Inventor: Wei Xiong , Rohan Dayal , Candice Ungacta
- Applicant: Universal Lighting Technologies, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US AL Madison
- Assignee: UNIVERSAL LIGHTING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Current Assignee: UNIVERSAL LIGHTING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US AL Madison
- Agency: Patterson Intellectual Property Law, P.C.
- Agent Mark J. Patterson; Gary L. Montle
- Main IPC: H05B37/00
- IPC: H05B37/00 ; H05B39/00 ; H05B41/14 ; H05B33/08 ; H05B37/02

Abstract:
A driver circuit provides current to a light source from a resonant tank having a single inductive element. The driver circuit is coupled to DC power source having a power rail and a ground, and includes a power inverter providing AC input to the tank, which further includes a DC blocking capacitor and a primary winding of the inductive element coupled in series between the output of the inverter and the ground. A leakage inductance of the inductive element provides resonant inductance for the tank. The inductive element further distributes power output from the resonant tank to a plurality of secondary windings coupled to an output rectifier. A resonant capacitor coupled across output ends of the secondary windings provides resonant capacitance for the tank. The output voltages across the secondary windings are clamped to a value based in part on a turns ratio between respective secondary windings.
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