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Load driving apparatus relating to light-emitting-diodes

  • US 9,125,273 B2
  • Filed: 08/06/2013
  • Issued: 09/01/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2012
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A load driving apparatus, comprising:

  • a power conversion circuit configured to provide a DC output voltage to a light emitting diode string;

    a dimming circuit connected in series with the light emitting diode string, and configured to adjust a luminance of the light emitting diode string;

    a control chip coupled to the power conversion circuit and the dimming circuit, and configured to;

    generate a gate pulse-width-modulation signal in response to a comparison between a compensation voltage and a ramp signal to control operation of the power conversion circuit;

    generate a dimming output pulse-width-modulation signal in response to a dimming input pulse-width-modulation signal to control operation of the dimming circuit;

    transfer the compensation voltage to a compensation pin of the control chip in response to an enabling of the dimming input pulse-width-modulation signal; and

    a compensation circuit coupled to the compensation pin, and configured to store the compensation voltage and compensate the compensation voltage so that the power conversion circuit stably provides the DC output voltage,wherein the control chip is further configured to stop transferring the compensation voltage to the compensation pin in response to a disabling of the dimming input pulse-width-modulation signal, such that the compensation voltage stored by the compensation circuit does not change with variation of the dimming output pulse-width-modulation signal.

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