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Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2021

Filed:

Apr. 16, 2020
Applicant:

Richtek Technology Corporation, Zhubei, TW;

Inventors:

Yu-Min Chen, Taoyuan, TW;

Isaac Y. Chen, Hsinchu, TW;

Leng-Nien Hsiu, Hsinchu, TW;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 37/00 (2006.01); H05B 45/10 (2020.01); H05B 45/325 (2020.01); H05B 45/385 (2020.01); H05B 45/38 (2020.01); H05B 45/375 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 45/10 (2020.01); H05B 45/325 (2020.01); H05B 45/375 (2020.01); H05B 45/38 (2020.01); H05B 45/385 (2020.01);
Abstract

AN LED driving apparatus includes a power stage circuit and a dimming control circuit. The power stage circuit drives an LED circuit. The dimming control circuit includes a duty ratio conversion circuit, a digital-to analog conversion (DAC) circuit, an error amplifier (EA) circuit and a modulation control circuit. The duty ratio conversion circuit converts a PWM dimming signal to a digital duty ratio signal. The DAC circuit converts the digital duty ratio signal to an analog reference signal. The EA circuit generates an error amplified signal according to a difference between the analog reference signal and an output current related signal. The modulation control circuit generates a PWM control signal according to the error amplified signal, to control the power switch, such that the output current relates to a dimming duty ratio, whereby the dimming control circuit dims the LED circuit according to the PWM dimming signal.


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