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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2012
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Timothy Roy Sullivan, Longmont, CO (US);
Daniel Ross Herrington, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Assignee:
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 37/00 (2006.01); H05B 39/00 (2006.01); H05B 41/14 (2006.01); H05B 33/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 33/0815 (2013.01); H05B 33/0848 (2013.01);
Abstract
Method and circuits for balancing a first waveform used to drive an LED are disclosed herein. The first waveform has a first cycle with a first amplitude and a second cycle with a second amplitude. An embodiment of the method includes adjusting the first amplitude of the first cycle to match the second amplitude of the second cycle, the result being a second waveform. The LED is driven with the second waveform.