Light emitting diode backlight system the driving apparatus and driving method thereof
First Claim
1. A driving apparatus of a light emitting diode (LED) backlight system, wherein the LED backlight system has N LED strings, where N is a positive integer greater than 1, and the driving apparatus comprising:
- an LED driver, configured to receive a dimming signal and time-divisionally generate N control signals by means of purely digital manner in response to a counting clock and an enabling time and a period time both related to the dimming signal, wherein enabling times of the time-divisionally generated N control signals are partially overlapped from each other; and
a switching unit, coupled to the LED driver and the LED strings, and configured to respectively control an on-off time ratio of a current flowing through each of the LED strings in response to the control signals.
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Abstract
A light emitting diode (LED) backlight system and a driving apparatus and a driving method thereof are provided. The driving apparatus is suitable for an LED backlight system with N LED strings, where N is a positive integer greater than 1, and which includes an LED driver and a switching unit. The LED driver is configured to receive a dimming signal and time-divisionally generate N control signals in response to a counting clock and an enabling time and a period time both related to the dimming signal. The switching unit is coupled to the LED driver and the N LED strings, and is configured to respectively control an on-off time ratio of a current flowing through each of the LED strings in response to the N control signals.
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1. A driving apparatus of a light emitting diode (LED) backlight system, wherein the LED backlight system has N LED strings, where N is a positive integer greater than 1, and the driving apparatus comprising:
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an LED driver, configured to receive a dimming signal and time-divisionally generate N control signals by means of purely digital manner in response to a counting clock and an enabling time and a period time both related to the dimming signal, wherein enabling times of the time-divisionally generated N control signals are partially overlapped from each other; and a switching unit, coupled to the LED driver and the LED strings, and configured to respectively control an on-off time ratio of a current flowing through each of the LED strings in response to the control signals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An LED backlight system, comprising:
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N LED strings, where N is a positive integer greater than 1; and a driving apparatus, coupled to the LED strings, and configured to receive a dimming signal and time-divisionally generate N control signals by means of purely digital manner in response to a counting clock and an enabling time and a period time both related to the dimming signal, wherein enabling times of the time-divisionally generated N control signals are partially overlapped from each other, and the driving apparatus further respectively controls an on-off time ratio of a current flowing through each of the LED strings by a switching means in response to the control signals. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A driving method of an LED backlight system, wherein the LED backlight system has N LED strings, where N is a positive integer greater than 1, and the driving method comprising:
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time-divisionally generating N control signals by means of purely digital manner according to a counting clock and an enabling time and a period time both related to a dimming signal, wherein enabling times of the time-divisionally generated N control signals are partially overlapped from each other; and respectively controlling an on-off time ratio of a current flowing through each of the LED strings according to the control signals. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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