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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2020
Signify Holding B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Henricus Marius Joseph Maria Kahlman, Dongen, NL;
SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A Light Emitting Diode, LED, based current splitter for splitting an LED current between a plurality of LED channels, wherein said current splitter comprises at least two in series connected LED circuits, wherein each LED circuit comprises a first branch (B, B) comprising at least one LED, a second branch (B, B) connected in parallel over said first branch (B, B) and comprising at least one LED and a branch switch (W, W) connected in series with said at least one LED, wherein a forward voltage of said at least one LED in said second branch (B, B) is lower than a forward voltage of said at least one LED in said first branch (B, B) and a third branch (B, B) connected in parallel over said first and second branch (B, B) and comprising a shunt switch (W, W) for shunting said first branch (B, B) and said second branch (B, B).