Ampower Technology Co., Ltd.

Cheng-Ta Lin

Tsung-Liang Hung

Chih-Chan Ger

Yu-Hsiao Chao

Wei-Chi Huang

Yi-Hsun Lin

A multi-lamp driving system includes a power stage circuit, a pulse width modulation (PWM) controller, a plurality of transformer circuits, and an abnormal detection circuit. Each of the transformer circuits includes a first primary winding and a second primary winding connected in series and a first secondary winding and a second secondary winding respectively outputting AC power signals to drive at least one lamp. The abnormal detection circuit is connected to a junction of the first primary winding and the second primary winding of each of the transformer circuits, and determines if voltages of the junction of the first primary winding and the second primary winding of each of the transformer circuits are different to determine if the at least two lamps are normal. The abnormal detection circuit further generate control signals to control the PWM controller upon the condition that one of the at least two lamps are abnormal.

Multi-lamp driving system

A backlight driving system comprises a first inverter circuit, a second inverter circuit, a pulse width modulation (PWM) controller, a frequency regulator and a switch circuit. The pulse width modulation (PWM) controller generates an illumination signal to control the first and second inverter circuits to illuminate first and second backlight units in response to a first enable signal, and generates a maintaining signal to control the first and second inverter circuits to maintain stable lighting of the first and second backlight units in response to a first feedback signal. The frequency regulator controls the PWM controller to generate the illumination signal and the maintaining signal in response to a second enable signal and a second feedback signal, respectively. The switch circuit connects the PWM controller to the second inverter circuit in response to the second enable signal.

Backlight driving system utilizing one PWM controller to control two backlight units separately

A dual-lamp driving circuit includes a first frequency switch control circuit, a second frequency switch control circuit, a pulse-width modulation (PWM) control circuit, a first power stage circuit, a second power stage circuit, a conversion circuit, and a feedback circuit. The first frequency switch control circuit receives a first enable signal, and outputs a first frequency switch signal according to the first enable signal. The second frequency switch control circuit receives a second enable signal, and outputs a second frequency switch signal according to the second enable signal. The PWM control circuit outputs various PWM control signals according to the first frequency switch signal and the second frequency switch signal. The feedback circuit feeds back a first current signal from the first lamp to the frequency switch control circuit, and a second current signal from the second lamp to the frequency switch control circuit.

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