LED lighting systems and methods for constant current control in various operation modes

• US 9,807,840 B2
• Filed: 06/02/2015
• Issued: 10/31/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: On-Bright Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (Orthosie Investment Holdings Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: On-Bright Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (Orthosie Investment Holdings Ltd.)
• Inventors: Fang, Lieyi, Zhou, Jun
• Primary Examiner(s): Owens, Douglas W
• Assistant Examiner(s): CHO, JAMES HYONCHOL
• Application Number:
  US14/728,815
• Publication Number:
  US 20150334803A1
• Time in Patent Office: 882 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/10 Controlling the intensity of the light
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/14 using electrical feedback from LEDs or from LED modules
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/375 using buck topology
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 20/30 Semiconductor lamps, e.g. solid state lamps [SSL] light emitting diodes [LED] or organic LED [OLED]

Abstract

System and method for providing at least an output current to one or more light emitting diodes. The system includes a control component configured to receive at least a demagnetization signal, a sensed signal and a reference signal and to generate a control signal based on at least information associated with the demagnetization signal, the sensed signal and the reference signal, and a logic and driving component configured to receive at least the control signal and output a drive signal to a switch based on at least information associated with the control signal. The switch is connected to a first diode terminal of a diode and a first inductor terminal of an inductor. The diode further includes a second diode terminal, and the inductor further includes a second inductor terminal.

Claims

1. A system for providing at least an output current to one or more light emitting diodes, the system comprising:

a control component configured to receive at least a demagnetization signal, a sensed signal and a reference signal and to generate a control signal based on at least information associated with the demagnetization signal, the sensed signal and the reference signal;

a logic and driving component configured to receive at least the control signal and output a drive signal to a switch based on at least information associated with the control signal; and

a demagnetization component configured to receive a feedback signal, directly or indirectly, from a first diode terminal of a diode and a first inductor terminal of an inductor, and to generate the demagnetization signal based on at least information associated with the feedback signal;

wherein;

the switch is connected to the first diode terminal and the first inductor terminal, the diode further including a second diode terminal, the inductor further including a second inductor terminal;

the second diode terminal and the second inductor terminal are configured to provide at least the output current to the one or more light emitting diodes; and

the control signal is configured to regulate the output current at a constant magnitude.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the demagnetization component is further configured to receive the feedback signal from the first diode terminal and the first inductor terminal through at least a capacitor.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein the demagnetization signal includes one or more pulses associated with one or more pulse widths respectively, each of the one or more pulse widths corresponding to a demagnetization period.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein the sensed signal is associated with a current flowing through the switch if the switch is closed in response to the drive signal.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein the reference signal is a reference current associated with a predetermined magnitude.

9. The system of claim 1 wherein the logic and driving component includes:

a logic component configured to receive the control signal;

a flip-flop component coupled to at least the logic component; and

a drive component coupled to at least the flip-flop component and configured to generate the drive signal.

6. A system for providing at least an output current to one or more light emitting diodes, the system comprising:

a control component configured to receive at least a demagnetization signal, a sensed signal and a reference signal and to generate a control signal based on at least information associated with the demagnetization signal, the sensed signal and the reference signal; and

a logic and driving component configured to receive at least the control signal and output a drive signal to a switch based on at least information associated with the control signal;

wherein;

the switch is connected to a first diode terminal of a diode and a first inductor terminal of an inductor, the diode further including a second diode terminal, the inductor further including a second inductor terminal;

the second diode terminal and the second inductor terminal are configured to provide at least the output current to the one or more light emitting diodes;

the control signal is configured to regulate the output current at a constant magnitude; and

the control component is further configured to receive at least the drive signal and to generate the control signal based on at least information associated with the demagnetization signal, the sensed signal, the reference signal, and the drive signal.

7. The system of claim 6 wherein the control component is further configured to receive at least a clock signal and to generate the control signal based on at least information associated with the demagnetization signal, the sensed signal, the reference signal, the drive signal, and the clock signal.

8. The system of claim 6 wherein the logic and driving component is further configured to receive at least the clock signal and output the drive signal to the switch based on at least information associated with the control signal and the clock signal, the clock signal corresponding to a switching frequency of the drive signal.

10. A method for providing at least an output current to one or more light emitting diodes, the method comprising:

receiving at least a demagnetization signal, a sensed signal and a reference signal;

processing information associated with the demagnetization signal, the sensed signal and the reference signal;

generating a control signal based on at least information associated with the demagnetization signal, the sensed signal and the reference signal;

receiving at least the control signal;

processing information associated with the control signal;

outputting a drive signal to a switch connected to a first diode terminal of a diode and a first inductor terminal of an inductor, the diode further including a second diode terminal, the inductor further including a second inductor terminal, the second diode terminal and the second inductor terminal being configured to provide at least the output current to the one or more light emitting diodes;

regulating the output current at a predetermined magnitude based on at least information associated with the control signal;

receiving a feedback signal, directly or indirectly, from the first diode terminal and the first inductor terminal; and

generating the demagnetization signal based on at least information associated with the feedback signal.