IP Library Granted Patent US 8,183,788
Granted Patent B2
US 8,183,788 · App. 11/956,978 · Granted May 22, 2012

Led luminance control circuit and backlight source of liquid crystal display

Assignee: Beijing Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,183,788
App. No.
11/956,978
Granted
May 22, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention discloses a LED luminance control circuit comprising one or several LEDs and a driving circuit, the driving circuit being connected in series with said one or several LEDs to provide energy to the one or several LEDs, wherein a control circuit is connected in parallel on both terminals of said one or several LEDs and controls on/off of the LEDs connected in parallel thereto. Connections between the several LEDs may be in parallel, in series, or combination thereof. The present invention also discloses an LED backlight source of a liquid crystal display using the above LED luminance control circuit. The present invention can implement the luminance control of various power LEDs quickly on basis of simplicity and low cost without influence on the luminance of other LEDs, by individual luminance control for every one or several LEDs, so as to solve some display technical problems when using LEDs as a display device.

Claims (22)

1. A LED luminance control circuit comprising one or several LEDs and a driving circuit, the driving circuit being connected in series with said one or several LEDs to provide energy to the one or several LEDs, wherein a control circuit is connected in parallel on both terminals of said one or several LEDs, and controls on/off of the LED connected in parallel thereto; and

wherein said control circuit comprises:

an input terminal,

an operation amplifier,

a N-type MosFET switch element,

four resistors R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , and

a capacitor C,

wherein the output terminal of the operation amplifier is connected to the gate of the switch element; one terminal of each of the resistors R 1 and R 2 is connected to the positive input terminal of the operation amplifier, the other terminal of the resistor R 1 is connected to one terminal of the capacitor C and the source of the switch element, the other terminal of the resistor R 2 is the input terminal, and the other terminal of the capacitor C is grounded; one terminal of each of the resistors R 3 and R 4 is connected to the negative input terminal of the operation amplifier, the other terminal of the resistor R 3 is grounded, and the other terminal of the resistor R 4 is connected to the output terminal of the operation amplifier; the drain and source of the switch element are connected to the positive terminal and negative terminal of the one or several LEDs to be controlled, respectively.

2. The LED luminance control circuit of claim 1 , wherein the connection between the several LEDs is in parallel, in series, or a combination of the parallel and series.

3. The LED luminance control circuit of claim 1 , wherein the resistances of said resistors R 1 and R 4 is the same.

4. The LED luminance control circuit of claim 1 , wherein said input terminal is input a duty-radio-adjustable voltage signal.

5. A LED backlight source of a liquid crystal display, including a LED luminance control circuit comprising one or several LEDs and a driving circuit, the driving circuit being connected in series with said one or several LEDs to provide energy to the one or several LEDs, characterized in that a control circuit is connected in parallel on both terminals of said one or several LEDs, and controlling on/off of said one or several LEDs connected in parallel thereto; and

wherein said control circuit comprises:

an input terminal,

an operation amplifier,

a N-type MosFET switch element,

four resistors R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , and

a capacitor C,

wherein the output terminal of the operation amplifier is connected to the gate of the switch element; one terminal of each of the resistors R 1 and R 2 is connected to the positive input terminal of the operation amplifier, the other terminal of the resistor R 1 is connected to one terminal of the capacitor C and the source of the switch element, the other terminal of the resistor R 2 is the input terminal, and the other terminal of the capacitor C is grounded; one terminal of each of the resistors R 3 and R 4 is connected to the negative input terminal of the operation amplifier, the other terminal of the resistor R 3 is grounded, and the other terminal of the resistor R 4 is connected to the output terminal of the operation amplifier; the drain and source of the switch element are connected to the positive terminal and negative terminal of the one or several LEDs to be controlled, respectively.

6. The LED backlight source of a liquid crystal display of claim 5 , wherein the connection between the several LEDs is in parallel, in series, or a combination of the parallel and series.

7. The LED backlight source of a liquid crystal display of claim 5 , wherein the resistances of said resistors R 1 and R 4 is the same.

8. The LED backlight source of a liquid crystal display of claim 5 , wherein said input terminal is input a duty-radio-adjustable voltage signal.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 22, 2015
From: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
To: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.; BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD
Reel/Frame 036644/0601 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 22, 2008
From: MA, LI
To: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 020396/0876 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2007 1 0063162 · Jan 30, 2007 · national
Continuity (1)
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