Silergy Semiconductor Technology (hangzhou) Ltd

Zhishuo Wang

Jianxin Wang

Huiqiang Chen

Hao Chen

A current drive circuit applied in an LED drive circuit that is compatible with a triac dimmer and is configured to generate a direct current bus voltage includes: a current generation circuit configured to receive the direct current bus voltage, and to generate a drive current based on a PWM dimming signal, in order to drive an LED load; and an input current regulation circuit configured to generate a regulation signal based on a duty cycle of the PWM dimming signal, in order to control an operation state of the triac dimmer.

Current drive circuit and method, and light emitting diode lighting device thereof

A power converter can include: a rectifier circuit; a silicon controlled dimmer coupled between an AC input terminal and an input terminal of the rectifier circuit; and a bleeder circuit coupled to an output terminal of the rectifier circuit, and being configured to provide a bleeder current after the silicon controlled dimmer is turned off. A method of controlling a power converter, can include: generating a bleeder current flowing though output terminals of a rectifier circuit of the power converter after a silicon controlled dimmer is turned off; and where the silicon controlled dimmer coupled to the rectifier circuit receives an AC input voltage.

Power converter and control method thereof

An apparatus for an LED driver with a silicon-controlled dimmer, can include: a bleeder circuit coupled to a DC bus of the LED driver; and a controller configured to control the bleeder circuit to draw a bleeder current from the DC bus when a conduction angle of the silicon-controlled dimmer is less than an angle threshold, in order to maintain a conduction state of the silicon-controlled dimmer.

LED driver with silicon controlled dimmer, apparatus and control method thereof

A detection circuit configured to detect the presence of a TRIAC dimmer for an LED driver, can include: a sampling circuit configured to receive a DC bus voltage, and to generate a voltage sampling signal that characterizes the DC bus voltage; and a detector configured to determine whether the LED driver is provided with the TRIAC dimmer in accordance with a duration of the voltage sampling signal being continuously greater than a first reference voltage.

Detection circuit and detection method for a triac dimmer

An LED driver with a silicon-controlled dimmer, can include: a supplementary current generating circuit configured to generate a supplementary current to ensure that an input current of the LED driver meets conduction requirements of the silicon-controlled dimmer; and where the supplementary current is determined in accordance with a drive current flowing through an LED load and a holding current of the silicon-controlled dimmer.

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