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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2018
Richtek Technology Corporation, Zhubei, Hsinchu, TW;
Yi-Wen Huang, Hsinchu, TW;
RICHTEK TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Zhubei, Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A light emitting device driver circuit drives a light emitting circuit. The light emitting device driver circuit includes a switching power supply circuit and a current regulator circuit. The current regulator circuit includes a multi-level DC current control circuit, which individually determines whether plural DC current supply circuits are conducted or not conducted according to a DC dimmer signal to supply a DC current to the light emitting circuit; and a switching current control circuit, which operates a PWM switch according to a PWM dimmer signal to supply a PWM current to the light emitting device circuit. The DC current and the PWM current are summed together to form a total current flowing through the light emitting device circuit so that the brightness of the light emitting device circuit is adjustable according to the DC dimmer signal and the PWM dimmer signal.