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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2016
Lg Innotek Co., Ltd., Seoul, KR;
Min Hak Kim, Seoul, KR;
Do Yub Kim, Seoul, KR;
Jae Hun Yoon, Seoul, KR;
Kwang Jae Lee, Seoul, KR;
Seung Beom Jeong, Seoul, KR;
LG INNOTEK CO., LTD., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
One embodiment relates to a device for driving a light emitting diode, the device controlling a plurality of light emitting diode arrays connected in series, and comprising: a rectifying unit for rectifying an alternating current signal so as to output the rectified signal; and a control unit for sensing the level of the rectified signal, comparing the sensed level of the rectified signal with a reference voltage, and aligning a first group among the plurality of light emitting diode arrays and a second group among the plurality of light emitting diode arrays in series or in parallel on the basis of the comparison result, wherein the control unit successively drives the light emitting diode arrays of the first and second groups connected in parallel or successively drives the light emitting diode arrays of the first and second groups connected in series on the basis of the magnitude of the sensed level of the rectified signal.