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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2006
Applicant:
Chii-fa Chiou, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Inventor:
Chii-Fa Chiou, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Assignee:
Microsemi Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 37/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A driver circuit or controller flexibly drives either a half-bridge or a full-bridge switching network in a backlight inverter without modification, redundant circuitry or additional components. The driver circuit includes four outputs to provide four respective driving signals that establish a periodic timing sequence using a zero-voltage switching technique for semiconductor switches in the switching network.