IP Library Granted Patent US 8,106,857
Granted Patent B2
US 8,106,857 · App. 11/808,393 · Granted Jan 31, 2012

Light driving device

Assignee: HTC Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,106,857
App. No.
11/808,393
Granted
Jan 31, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light driving device comprises a signal generator, a demultiplexer and a light driving circuit. The signal generator generates a signal. The demultiplexer converts the signal to at least a control signal. The light driving circuit is controlled by the control signal.

Claims (17)

1. A light driving device, comprising:

a Light Emitting Diode (LED) pulse generator for generating a signal;

a demultiplexer comprising a D flip-flop for converting the generated signal to a first control signal and a second control signal, wherein the D flip-flop comprises:

a data input terminal;

a clock terminal for receiving the generated signal as input;

an output terminal for outputting the first control signal; and

an inverting output terminal for outputting the second control signal, wherein the inverting output terminal is directly connected to the data input terminal such that the data input terminal receives the second control signal directly as input, and a first light driving circuit and a second light driving circuit that are respectively controlled by the first control signal and the second control signal;

the D flip-flop further comprising a first diode having an anode coupled to the output terminal and a cathode coupled to the clock terminal, and a second diode having an anode coupled to the inverting output terminal and a cathode coupled to the clock terminal,

wherein the first light driving circuit comprises a first switch that is controlled by the first control signal to cause a first light to turn on and off; and

the second light driving circuit comprises a second switch that is controlled by the second control signal to cause a second light to turn off, such that the generated signal of the LED pulse generator controls more than one light.

2. The light driving device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each of the first and second light driving circuits further comprises:

the first and second lights respectively having a first terminal connected to a first voltage, and a second terminal,

wherein the first and second switches of each of the first and second light driving circuits respectively have a first terminal coupled to the second terminal of the respective first and second lights, a second terminal connected to a second voltage, and a third terminal coupled to the demultiplexer, and

wherein the third terminal of the switch of the first light driving circuit receives the first control signal, and the third terminal of the switch of the second light driving circuit receives the second control signal.

3. The light driving device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the light is a light emitting diode and the switch is a MOS transistor, and wherein the first terminal of the switch is a drain, the second terminal of the switch is a source, and the third terminal of the switch is a gate.

4. The light driving device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the first and second voltages are respectively a power supply voltage and a ground.

5. The light driving device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a first LED and a second LED, wherein the first LED and the second LED are controlled by the first light driving and the second light driving circuit, respectively, and a CPU is indirectly electrically connected to the first LED and the second LED through the LED pulse generator and the demultiplexer.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 16, 2011
From: HIGH TECH COMPUTER CORPORATION
To: HTC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 027401/0559 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 8, 2007
From: TSAI, JUNG-YUAN; CHEN, KUO-FENG; TSENG, CHING-HAO
To: HIGH TECH COMPUTER, CORP.
Reel/Frame 019460/0501 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 95120599 A · Jun 9, 2006 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20080007419A1 · Jan 10, 2008