Light emitting diode lamp with synchronous pins and synchronous light emitting diode lamp string

• US 7,465,056 B2
• Filed: 04/29/2005
• Issued: 12/16/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Semisilicon Technology Corp.
• Original Assignee: Semisilicon Technology Corp.
• Inventors: Peng, Jacky
• Primary Examiner(s): Alavi; Ali
• Application Number:
  US11/117,302
• Publication Number:
  US 20060133078A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,327 Days
• Field of Search: 362/231, 362/800, 362/295
• US Class Current: 362/85
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 6/001 being candle-shaped with varying lighting effect of simulating flames F21S10/04; string of light sources F21S4/00
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/20 Controlling the colour of the light
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/30 Driver circuits
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 362/80 Light emitting diode

Abstract

The present invention provides a light emitting diode lamp, which includes at least a light emitting diode and a control circuit. The light emitting diode lamp has an anode pin, a cathode pin, and a synchronous pin. The anode pin and the cathode pin receive a DC voltage, and the synchronous pin is connected to the control circuit. Moreover, the present invention provides a synchronous light emitting diode lamp string, which includes a plurality of light emitting diode lamps and at least a power adapter. Each light emitting diode lamp has a synchronous pin, and all synchronous pins are connected together. The control circuit can control the color changing of the light emitting diode based on a reference signal from the synchronous pin.

Claims

1. A light emitting diode lamp having an anode pin, a cathode pin, a data input pin and a data output pin, which is characterized in:

said light emitting diode lamp is composed of at least a light emitting diode and a control circuit without a clock source, said data input pin and data output pin electrically connect with said control circuit;

wherein said control circuit obtains data and clock signals in response to the status of said data input pin and controls illumination of said light emitting diode based on the data from said data input pin;

wherein said control circuit outputs the data from said data input pin to the data output pin.

2. The light emitting diode lamp as claimed in claim 1, which includes a red light emitting diode, a green light emitting diode and a blue light emitting diode, and said control circuit controls flashing type or color change of said red light emitting diode, said green light emitting diode and said blue light emitting diode based on the data from said data input pin.

3. The light emitting diode lamp as claimed in claim 1, wherein said control circuit includes a recognition block for receiving the data from said data input pin to recognize, a shift register for receiving data transmitted from said recognition block, a register for receiving complete data stored in said shift register, a driving circuit for driving said light emitting diode to illuminate based on the complete data of said register, and an encoding block for receiving an instruction from said recognition block to determine encoding the complete data of said shift register and outputting to said data output pin.