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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2013
Applicant:
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jason Pierce, Dahlonega, GA (US);
Brent Hughes, Cumming, GA (US);
Assignee:
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/00 (2006.01); H05B 37/02 (2006.01); H05B 39/04 (2006.01); H05B 41/36 (2006.01); H05B 33/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 33/0845 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for driving an LED lighting device includes receiving an input voltage from a battery unit and converting the input voltage into a driving current to drive the LED lighting device. The method further includes detecting whether the battery unit is in a low battery state. When the low battery state of the battery unit is detected, the driving current is reduced.