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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2013
Samsung Electro-mechanics Co., Ltd., Suwon, Gyunggi-do, KR;
Byoung Woo Ryu, Gyunggi-do, KR;
Kyu Tae Seo, Gyunggi-do, KR;
Dae Hoon Choi, Gyunggi-do, KR;
Ki Hong Kim, Gyunggi-do, KR;
Min Jin Kim, Gyunggi-do, KR;
SOLUM CO., LTD, Suwon-Si, KR;
Abstract
There are provided a light driving apparatus capable of being commonly used in various types of dimmers, and a driving method therefor. The light driving apparatus includes: a driving unit supplying driving power to a light emitting device according to controlling to drive the light emitting device; and a general-purpose dimming controlling unit controlling dimming of the light emitting device by converting a range of a brightness control signal of an external dimmer into a first voltage range according to a preset ratio to control the supply of power from the driving unit.