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LED CURRENT CONTROL

  • US 20140159598A1
  • Filed: 11/06/2013
  • Published: 06/12/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An LED control circuit for controlling a current supplied to an LED unit, the control circuit comprising:

  • a sense resistor for sensing an output current provided from an output node; and

    a comparator circuit for detecting upper and lower thresholds in the output current based on the voltages at each end of the sense resistor, and for controlling a current supply to maintain the current between the thresholds, wherein the comparator circuit comprises a reference current source and reference resistors, for generating upper and lower threshold references,wherein the comparator circuit further comprises a comparator for detecting a mid-range voltage dependent on the output current and deriving a control signal which indicates if the detected voltage is above or below the mid-range voltage,and wherein the control signal is used to adjust the reference current source, thereby to vary the upper and lower threshold references to maintain a constant median or average output current.

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