LED driving circuit and controlling method thereof

• US 7,728,530 B2
• Filed: 11/09/2006
• Issued: 06/01/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/11/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Shenzhen TXM Power, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Ji Wang, Yimin Zhang
• Inventors: Wang, Ji, Zhang, Yimin
• Primary Examiner(s): Owens; Douglas W
• Assistant Examiner(s): Vu; Jimmy T
• Application Number:
  US11/595,594
• Publication Number:
  US 20070108916A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,300 Days
• Field of Search: 315/209.R, 315/224, 315/225, 315/291, 315/307, 315/244, 315/245, 315/247, 315/308, 315360-362
• US Class Current: 315/291
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/3725 Switched mode power supply [SMPS]

Abstract

The invention discloses an LED driving circuit and a controlling method thereof, comprising a power switch and a current sampling unit, as well as a voltage comparison unit for comparing the voltage obtained by the current sampling unit with a first reference voltage; an input voltage sampling unit for converting the sampled input voltage into a current signal; a timing unit for controlling the off-time of the power switch or presetting a fixed off-time; a logical unit for controlling the power switch by means of a power switch driving unit and for controlling the timing switch in the timing unit. The method for controlling the LED driving circuit comprises the step of modulating the off-time of the power switch with the input voltage or the step of presetting a fixed off-time. The invention can be used in LED light cluster driving with the power factor greater than 0.95.

Claims

1. LED driving circuit including a power switch and a current sampling unit for sampling LED operating current, said circuit further comprising:

a voltage comparison unit for comparing the voltage obtained by the current sampling unit with the voltage of a first reference voltage source;

an input voltage sampling unit for converting the sampled input voltage into a current signal;

a timing unit for controlling the off-time of the power switch based on the magnitude of the input voltage collected by the input voltage sampling unit, wherein the timing unit further includes a timing capacitor that is connected in series with the input voltage sampling unit and then grounded, a timing switch connected in parallel with the timing capacitor, and an operational amplifier, the inphase terminal of which is grounded via a second reference voltage source and the outphase terminal of which is connected between the input voltage sampling unit and the timing capacitor; and

a logical unit for controlling the power switch by means of a power switch driving unit, based on the comparison of the voltage comparison unit and the output signal of the timing unit, and for controlling the timing switch in the timing unit.

2. The LED driving circuit according to claim 1, wherein the input voltage sampling unit is a resistor connected to a voltage input end.

3. The LED driving circuit according to claim 1, wherein the current sampling unit is a resistor or a current coupling device that is connected in series with the power switch.

4. The LED driving circuit according to claim 1, wherein the voltage comparison unit is an operational amplifier, the outphase terminal of which is connected to the high voltage terminal of the current sampling unit, and the inphase terminal of which is grounded via the first reference voltage source.

5. The LED driving circuit according to claim 1, wherein the power switch driving unit is a totem pole circuit.

6. The LED driving circuit according to claim 1, wherein the logical unit is a trigger composed of gate circuits, one of its input ends being connected to the output of the voltage comparison unit, the other to the output of the timing unit;

one of its output ends being connected to the power switch driving unit, and the other to the timing switch in the timing unit.

7. The LED driving circuit according to claim 1, wherein the circuit is either a discrete component circuit or an integrated circuit.

8. An LED driving circuit including a power switch and a current sampling unit for sampling LED operating current, further comprising:

a voltage comparison unit for comparing the voltage obtained by the current sampling unit with the voltage of a first reference voltage source;

a timing unit for setting a fixed off-time for the power switch, wherein the timing unit further includes a timing resistor and a timing capacitor that are connected in series with each other and then connected in parallel with a third reference voltage source, a timing switch connected in parallel with the timing capacitor, and an operational amplifier, the inphase terminal of which is grounded via a second reference voltage source, and the outphase terminal of which is connected between the timing resistor and the timing capacitor; and

a logical unit for controlling the power switch by means of a power switch driving unit, based on the comparison of the voltage comparison unit and the output signal of the timing unit, and for controlling the timing switch in the timing unit.

9. The LED driving circuit according to claim 8, wherein the current sampling unit is a resistor or a cunent coupling device that is connected in series with the power switch.

10. The LED driving circuit according to claim 8, wherein the voltage comparison unit is an operational amplifier, the outphase terminal of which is connected to the high voltage terminal of the current sampling unit, and the inphase terminal of which is grounded via the first reference voltage source.

11. The LED driving circuit according to claim 8, wherein the power switch driving unit is a totem pole circuit.

12. The LED driving circuit according to claim 8, wherein the logical unit is a trigger composed of gate circuits, one of its input ends being connected to the output of the voltage comparison unit, the other to the output of the timing unit;

one of its output ends being connected to the power switch driving unit, and the other to the timing switch in the timing unit.

13. The LED driving circuit according to claim 8, wherein the circuit is either a discrete component circuit or an integrated circuit.

14. A method for controlling an LED driving circuit, said method comprising:

sampling LED operating current;

comparing the voltage indicative of the magnitude of the sampled LED operating current with the voltage of a first reference voltage source to control the on-time of a power switch that controls the power supplying of LEDs;

sampling input voltage, and controlling the off-time of the power switch with a sampled voltage;

or

setting, by a timing unit, a fixed off-time of the power switch, wherein, when modulated with the input voltage, the off-time of the power switch is prolonged when the input voltage is low, while shortened when the input voltage is high, and when a fixed off-time is to be set for the power switch, the off-time of the power switch being preset.