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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.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2015

Filed:

Mar. 13, 2013
Applicant:

Iwatt Inc., Campbell, CA (US);

Inventors:

Fuqiang Shi, Oak Park, IL (US);

Qiu Sha, Cupertino, CA (US);

Xiaolin Gao, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Gordon Chen, Fremont, CA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 37/02 (2006.01); H05B 33/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 33/0854 (2013.01); H05B 33/089 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments disclosed herein describe the use of a power supply to provide power to an LED load. The power supply provides a present output current to the LED, and receives a temperature signal representing the operating temperature of the LED. A target output current is determined, for instance based on the temperature signal. An output current rate of change is determined, and the power supply adjusts the output current to the LED at the determined rate of change until the output current is substantially equal to the target current.


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