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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2004
Applicants:
David J. Baldwin, Allen, TX (US);
Sanmukh Patel, Richardson, TX (US);
Inventors:
David J. Baldwin, Allen, TX (US);
Sanmukh Patel, Richardson, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A current control device for driving LED devices uses a switched-mode current control loop inside of an output intensity low-frequency pulse width modulation (PWM) control loop. This allows separate control of current level (for accurate light wavelength output) and light intensity. The current control device requires only one switch to regulate current level, and no other switches for the intensity control. This allows lower parts count for greater reliability and lower system cost.