Driving apparatus of light emitting diode and driving method thereof
First Claim
1. A driving method of a light-emitting diode (LED), adapted to a driving apparatus, the driving method comprising:
- receiving a dimming signal;
detecting whether the driving apparatus performs dimming;
if the driving apparatus performs dimming, determining whether a duty cycle of the dimming signal is smaller than a predetermined value;
when the duty cycle of the dimming signal is not smaller than the predetermined value, regulating respective current magnitudes of a plurality of driving currents according to the dimming signal, and outputting each of the driving currents for a full time of a period; and
when the duty cycle of the dimming signal is smaller than the predetermined value, outputting each of the driving currents for a partial time of a period.
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Abstract
A driving method of a light-emitting diode (LED) adapted to a driving apparatus is provided. The driving method includes receiving a dimming signal, detecting whether the driving apparatus performs dimming, and if the driving apparatus performs dimming, determining whether a duty cycle of the dimming signal is smaller than a predetermined value. When the duty cycle of the dimming signal is not smaller than the predetermined value, respective current magnitudes of a plurality of driving currents are regulated according to the dimming signal, and each of the driving currents is output for a full time of a period. Conversely, when the duty cycle of the dimming signal is smaller than the predetermined value, each of the driving currents is output for a partial time of a period. A driving apparatus employing the driving method is also provided.
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37 Claims
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1. A driving method of a light-emitting diode (LED), adapted to a driving apparatus, the driving method comprising:
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receiving a dimming signal; detecting whether the driving apparatus performs dimming; if the driving apparatus performs dimming, determining whether a duty cycle of the dimming signal is smaller than a predetermined value; when the duty cycle of the dimming signal is not smaller than the predetermined value, regulating respective current magnitudes of a plurality of driving currents according to the dimming signal, and outputting each of the driving currents for a full time of a period; and when the duty cycle of the dimming signal is smaller than the predetermined value, outputting each of the driving currents for a partial time of a period. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A driving apparatus of an LED, comprising:
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a current driving unit, outputting a plurality of driving currents to respectively drive a plurality of LEDs; a plurality of switches, respectively coupled between the current driving unit and the LEDs for controlling whether or not to output the driving currents to the LEDs; a dimming detector, receiving a dimming signal, and detecting whether the driving apparatus performs dimming according to the dimming signal and detecting whether a duty cycle of the dimming signal is smaller than a predetermined value, so as to output a dimming mode signal; and a current control unit, coupled to the dimming detector and the switches, and controlling conducting time of the switches, wherein when the driving apparatus performs dimming and the duty cycle of the dimming signal is not smaller than the predetermined value, the current control unit controls each of the switches to be conducted for a full time of a period, and controls the current driving unit to regulate respective current magnitudes of the driving currents according to the dimming signal, and when the driving apparatus performs dimming and the duty cycle of the dimming signal is smaller than the predetermined value, the current control unit controls each of the switches to be conducted for a partial time of a period. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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