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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2008
Applicants:
LU Chen, San Jose, CA (US);
Kin Edward Shum, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Lu Chen, San Jose, CA (US);
Kin Edward Shum, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Kinetic Technologies, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 37/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention teaches a semiconductor circuit for driving an LED in which the current passing through the LED is regulated by adjusting the NMOS Rdson using a series of digital signals. The circuit maintains a high current accuracy over wide range of current changes while keeping a low voltage drop.