METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING LIGHT EMITTING DIODE
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1. A method of driving an LED, the method comprising:
- determining an operational parameter of the LED;
determining a driving signal parameter for the LED;
generating a periodic driving signal for driving the LED, wherein the generated periodic driving signal has a duty cycle dependent on the determined driving signal parameter and the determined operational parameter of the LED.
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Abstract
A method of driving an LED includes determining an operational parameter of the LED, determining a driving signal parameter for the LED, and generating a periodic driving signal for driving the LED. The generated periodic driving signal has a duty cycle that depends on the determined driving signal parameter and the determined operational parameter of the LED.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of driving an LED, the method comprising:
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determining an operational parameter of the LED; determining a driving signal parameter for the LED; generating a periodic driving signal for driving the LED, wherein the generated periodic driving signal has a duty cycle dependent on the determined driving signal parameter and the determined operational parameter of the LED. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A driver for driving an LED, the driver comprising:
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a memory that stores an operational parameter of the LED; a controller coupled to the memory and arranged to determine a driving signal parameter for the LED; and a periodic signal generator coupled to the controller and arranged to control a switch for switching the LED with a generated periodic driving signal, the periodic signal generator arranged to adjust a duty cycle of the generated periodic driving signal dependent on the determined driving signal parameter and the stored operational parameter of the LED.
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12. A driver architecture for driving an array of LEDs, the array of LEDs being arranged into a plurality of regional arrays of LEDs each having a common LED operational parameter, the driver architecture comprising:
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one or more controllers arranged to determine a driving signal parameter for each regional array of LEDs; a memory coupled to the one or more controllers that stores each common LED operational parameter for each respective regional array of LEDs; and a periodic signal generator coupled to the controller for each regional array of LEDs, each periodic signal generator arranged to generate a periodic driving signal for the respective regional array of LEDs, wherein a duty cycle of each periodic driving signal is controlled to be dependent on the respective LED operational parameter for the respective regional array of LEDs and the respective driving signal parameter. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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