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Patent No.:

US 6693394 B1

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Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2004

Filed:

Jan. 25, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:

Sam Yonghong Guo, Canton, MI (US);

Kenneth John Russel, Westland, MI (US);

Assignee:

Yazaki North America, Inc., Canton, MI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 4/136 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 4/136 ;
Abstract

A circuit regulates the flow of current to a bank of light emitting diodes (LEDs). The circuit is sensitive to ambient temperature and increases the voltage at the LEDs in the circuit. Consequently, the current flow to the LEDs will increase when the ambient temperature increases and the LEDs would, with a fixed current, begin to lose brightness. Consequently, the circuit allows LEDs to be used as lighting in applications, such as vehicle turn or brake signals, that experience wide ambient temperature variation but require that the LEDs remain sufficiently bright despite the temperature increases.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Guo, Sam. (2004). Brightness compensation for led lighting based on ambient temperature (U.S. Patent No. 6693394). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/6693394

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