LED decorative light

• US 9,204,508 B2
• Filed: 05/23/2012
• Issued: 12/01/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/25/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Feng Qu, Xiuhong Zhang
• Original Assignee: Feng Qu, Xiuhong Zhang
• Inventors: Zhang, Guoguang, Zhang, Xiuhong
• Primary Examiner(s): Vo, Tuyet
• Assistant Examiner(s): LUONG, HENRY T
• Application Number:
  US13/478,186
• Publication Number:
  US 20120299488A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,287 Days
• Field of Search: 315/186, 315/291, 315/185.R, 315/185.S, 315/209.R, 315/297, 315/300, 315/307
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/325 Pulse-width modulation [PWM]
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/37 Converter circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/46 having LEDs disposed in parallel lines
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 20/30 Semiconductor lamps, e.g. solid state lamps [SSL] light emitting diodes [LED] or organic LED [OLED]

Abstract

LED decorative light comprising DC power supply, main controller, and LED light chains; said main controller consists of key switch, crystal oscillating access circuit, and main control chip, with said key switch and crystal oscillating access circuit connected to said main control chip respectively; said main control chip pulse width modulation end outputs variable duty ratio PWM; said crystal oscillating circuit is used to provide instruction cycle required for main control chip; and said key switch is used to control operating state of main control chip; wherein said main controller also includes a voltage adjustment circuit, used to adjust DC power supply voltage to the value required for LED light chains, with input end of this circuit connected to said DC power supply, its control end connected to pulse width modulation end of said main control chip, and its output end connected to LED light chain input end.

Claims

1. An LED decorative light comprising:

a DC power supply, a main controller, and a plurality of LED light chains, said main controller including a key switch, a crystal oscillating access circuit, and a main control chip, wherein said key switch and said crystal oscillating access circuit is connected to said main control chip respectively;

wherein a pulse width modulation end of said main control chip outputs a variable duty ratio PWM, said crystal oscillating access circuit used to provide an instruction cycle required for said main control chip;

wherein said key switch is used to control an operating state of said main control chip;

wherein said main controller also includes a voltage adjustment circuit, used to adjust the DC power supply voltage to a value required for the plurality of LED light chains, with an input end of the voltage adjustment circuit connected to said DC power supply, a control end connected to the pulse width modulation end of said main control chip, and an output end connected to a LED light chain input end;

wherein said key switch has a point contact type structure and a conductive silicon rubber layer provided on an internal end face, further wherein the key switch is used for controlling the main control chip to switch on and off the voltage adjustment circuit;

wherein said key switch is also used to send an input signal to the main control chip for selecting a flashing mode when the voltage adjustment circuit is switched on.

2. The LED light fixture of claim 1, wherein said main controller is also provided with a flashing control circuit having an input end connected to an I/O port of the main control chip and the output end of the plurality of LED light chains, further wherein said main control chip drives the plurality of LED light chains to flash via the flashing control circuit.

3. The LED light fixture of claim 1, wherein said crystal oscillating access circuit comprises at least two ceramic disc capacitors connected in parallel and a crystal oscillator connected with the at least two capacitors.

4. The LED light fixture of claim 1, wherein said voltage adjustment circuit comprises an inductor, a ceramic disc capacitor, a carbon film resistor, a triode, a diode, and an electrolytic capacitor that are electrically connected.

5. The LED light fixture of claim 1, wherein said main control chip is also used to make the pulse width modulation end to output pulse of 0 duty ratio and duty ratio pulse that lights up LED light chains at an interval less than a visual persistence time of LED light in human eyes.

6. The LED light fixture of claim 1, wherein said main control chip has a built-in timer and frequency divider, further wherein said crystal oscillating access circuit sets a timer overflow time and an energy saving module of said main control chip controls the LED light fixture to shut off automatically after 6-hour service every day and to start working again automatically after 18 hours of outage.

7. The LED light fixture of claim 1, wherein said main controller is provided with a sampling circuit, said sampling circuit connected to the plurality of LED light chains control circuit output end and said main control chip samples output voltage of the sampling circuit via the JO port in real-time, and when a sampled voltage is lower than a set output value, the main control chip adjusts the duty ratio of PWM to increase the output voltage of the control circuit of the plurality of LED light chains.

8. The LED light fixture of claim 1, wherein said main controller is also provided with a wireless receiving circuit connected to the main control chip and used to receive wireless signals from a wireless transmitter, the wireless signal then being sent to the main control chip.

9. The LED light fixture of claim 2, wherein said flashing control circuit comprises a resistor and a triode, the resistor connected to a base of the triode, forming a base driver circuit, wherein said resistor is connected to an I/O port of the main control chip and a collector of the triode is connected to the plurality of LED light chains.