Light emitting diode driving circuit

• US 20080093999A1
• Filed: 08/28/2007
• Published: 04/24/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/23/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Zippy Technology Corporation
• Original Assignee: Zippy Technology Corporation
• Inventors: Cheng, Ying-Chang, Liu, Shih-Hung
• Granted Patent: US 7,719,202 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 315/247
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/37 Converter circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/397 Current mirror circuits
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 20/30 Semiconductor lamps, e.g. solid state lamps [SSL] light emitting diodes [LED] or organic LED [OLED]

Abstract

A LED driving circuit mainly includes a commutation unit to transform an AC input cycle signal to a DC cycle signal, a switch unit which divides a driving power signal output to a LED and has a duty voltage value, a valley filled power factor correction circuit to receive the AC input cycle signal and stop conduction of the commutation unit when the voltage value of the AC input cycle signal is lower than a cutoff voltage value, and a piezoelectric inverter to receive the driving power signal of the switch unit and regulate the signal to an AC modulated power signal within a duty range of the LED to drive the LED to emit light.

Claims

1. A light emitting diode (LED) driving circuit, mainly comprising:

a commutation unit to transform an AC input cycle signal to a DC cycle signal;

a switch unit which divides a driving power signal output to a LED and has a duty voltage value;

a valley filled power factor correction circuit which receives the AC input cycle signal and stops conduction of the commutation unit when the voltage value of the AC input cycle signal is lower than a cutoff voltage value, the cutoff voltage value being higher than the duty voltage value; and

a piezoelectric inverter which receives the driving power signal of the switch unit and regulates the signal to an AC modulated power signal within a duty range of the LED to drive the LED to emit light.

2. The light emitting diode (LED) driving circuit of claim 1, wherein the LED includes a plurality of LEDs coupled in series that have a same conductive direction.

3. The light emitting diode (LED) driving circuit of claim 1, wherein the LED includes a plurality of LEDs coupled in parallel that have a same conductive direction.

4. The light emitting diode (LED) driving circuit of claim 1, wherein the cutoff voltage value is ½

peak value of the AC driving signal.

5. The light emitting diode (LED) driving circuit of claim 1, wherein the commutation unit has a first output end and a second output end, the valley filled power factor correction circuit having a first circuit and a second circuit that consist respectively of a capacitor and a diode, and are located respectively at the first output end and the second output end, and another diode located between the first circuit and the second circuit.

6. The light emitting diode (LED) driving circuit of claim 1, wherein the commutation unit and the piezoelectric inverter form a high voltage reaction zone between them that has an arc discharge protection unit located thereon to detect an arc discharge effect to stop the LED driving power signal.