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Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014

Filed:

Dec. 10, 2012
Applicant:

Iwatt Inc., Campbell, CA (US);

Inventors:

Xiaoyan Wang, Milpitas, CA (US);

John William Kesterson, Seaside, CA (US);

Clarita C. Poon, Pleasanton, CA (US);

Guang Feng, Cupertino, CA (US);

Haiju Li, Fremont, CA (US);

Assignee:

Dialog Semiconductor Inc., Campbell, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 37/02 (2006.01); H05B 39/04 (2006.01); H05B 41/36 (2006.01); H05B 41/16 (2006.01); H05B 41/24 (2006.01); G05F 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The embodiments disclosed herein describe the adjusting of filter bandwidths in a multi-loop LED dimmer control circuit based on received dimmer input signals. The bandwidth of a filter in an active loop (a loop driving an LED power circuit) is decreased to prevent signal noise and associated LED flickering. Likewise, the bandwidth of a filter in an inactive loop (a loop not driving the LED power circuit) is increased to a pre-determined maximum in order to improve response time and decrease potential overshoot or undershoot during dimmer adjustment.


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