Duty cycle adjusting circuit of a lighting system and method thereof

• US 8,410,707 B2
• Filed: 10/01/2010
• Issued: 04/02/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/01/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: UPEC Electronics Corporation
• Original Assignee: UPEC Electronics Corporation
• Inventors: Teng, Chia-Shen, Tung, Tze-Ching, Chuang, Chun-Ming
• Primary Examiner(s): Owens, Douglas W
• Assistant Examiner(s): COOPER, JONATHAN G
• Application Number:
  US12/896,459
• Publication Number:
  US 20110080099A1
• Time in Patent Office: 914 Days
• Field of Search: 315/209.R, 315/152, 315/291, 315/294, 315/297, 315/360
• US Class Current: 315/152
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/20 Controlling the colour of the light
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/22 using optical feedback
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/325 Pulse-width modulation [PWM]

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a duty cycle adjusting circuit of a lighting system and method thereof for sensing light of a first color and a second color emitted by a light emitting device of the first color and a light emitting device of the second color to generate corresponding intensity values. Then a first pulse width correcting value and a second pulse width correcting value can be calculated for adjusting a first duty cycle and a second duty cycle of a driving current to adjust the illuminating intensity of the light emitting devices of the first and the second colors. Through these adjusting steps, the light of the first and the second colors is within a predetermined range of color temperature. Therefore, light source for stable light in color temperature is provided.

Claims

1. A duty cycle adjusting circuit of a lighting system, adjusting illuminating intensity of at least one light emitting device of a first color and at least one light emitting device of a second color according to a plurality of intensity values respectively, comprising:

a driving unit, producing a first driving current and a second driving current wherein the first driving current comprises a first duty cycle, the second driving current comprises a second duty cycle, the driving unit drives the light emitting device of the first color to emit light of the first color in the first duty cycle, and the second duty cycle drives the light emitting device of the second color to emit light of the second color;

a sensing unit, respectively sensing the light of the first color and the light of the second color to produce the intensity values correspondingly;

a controlling unit, calculating a first pulse width correcting value and a second pulse width correcting value according to the intensity values, wherein the first pulse width correcting value corresponds to the light emitting device of the first color, the second pulse width correcting value corresponds to the light emitting device of the second color;

a pulse width adjusting unit, adjusting the first duty cycle and the second duty cycle according to the first pulse width correcting value and the second pulse width correcting value respectively; and

a timing sampling unit providing the driving unit a plurality of driving timings for generating the first driving current and the second driving current,

wherein the controlling unit controls the timing sampling unit according to a plurality of reference timings.

2. The duty cycle adjusting circuit of a lighting system as claim 1, wherein the pulse width adjusting unit increases the pulse width of the high current of the first duty cycle or the second duty cycle.

3. The duty cycle adjusting circuit of a lighting system as claim 1, wherein the pulse width adjusting unit adjusts the pulse width near the rising edge or the falling edge of the first duty cycle or the second duty cycle.

4. The duty cycle adjusting circuit of a lighting system as claim 1, wherein the driving unit drives the light emitting device of the first color to conduct a first predetermined current in the first duty cycle and the light emitting device of the second color to conduct a second predetermined current in the second duty cycle, which is asynchronous with the first duty cycle.

5. The duty cycle adjusting circuit of a lighting system as claim 1, wherein the light of the first color and the light of the second color are respectively within a predetermined range of color temperature, after the pulse width adjusting unit adjusts the first duty cycle and the second duty cycle according to the first pulse width correcting value and the second pulse width correcting value.

6. The duty cycle adjusting circuit of a lighting system as claim 1, wherein the controlling unit calculates the first pulse width correcting value and the second pulse width correcting value according to a plurality of intensity reference values.

7. The duty cycle adjusting circuit of a lighting system as claim 1, further comprising an analog-to-digital converting unit electrically connecting between the sensing unit and the controlling unit to convert the intensity values generated by the sensing unit to of a digital format for the controlling unit.

8. The duty cycle adjusting circuit of a lighting system as claim 2, wherein the duty cycle of the light emitting device of the first color or the light emitting device of the second color is greater than 60%.