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Granted Patent B2
US 8,836,242 · App. 13/807,008 · Granted Sep 16, 2014

LED voltage adjustment device and drive system thereof

Inventors: Xianming Zhang (Shenzhen, CN); Xiang Yang (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology, Co., Ltd.
H05B33/0815
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Patent No.
US 8,836,242
App. No.
13/807,008
Granted
Sep 16, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides LED voltage adjustment device and drive system thereof. The device includes PI regulator, with negative terminal connected to negative terminal of LED light bar to receive negative terminal voltage of light bar and positive terminal of PI regulator being for receiving reference voltage; integrator, for performing integral on output signal of PI regulator; a subtractor, with positive input terminal receiving output signal from PI regulator and negative terminal receiving overcurrent protection detection voltage from boost converter for driving light bar, and subtracting overcurrent protection detection voltage from output signal of PI regulator; comparator, with positive terminal receiving output signal from integrator and negative terminal receiving output signal from subtractor; and integrated circuit (IC) module, for receiving output signal from comparator and based on received output signal to control a control signal to conduct or cut off switch transistor of boost converter.

Claims (32)

1. An LED voltage adjustment device, characterized in that wherein the LED voltage adjustment device comprises:

a PI regulator, with negative terminal connected to the negative terminal of the LED light bar to receive negative terminal voltage of the light bar and positive terminal of the PI regulator for receiving reference voltage;

an integrator for receiving an output signal of PI regulator;

a subtractor, with positive input terminal receiving output signal from PI regulator and negative terminal receiving overcurrent protection detection voltage from the boost converter for driving the light bar, and for subtracting the overcurrent protection detection voltage from the output signal of the PI regulator;

a comparator, with positive terminal receiving output signal from the integrator and negative terminal receiving output signal from the subtractor; and

an integrated circuit (IC) module, for receiving output signal from the comparator and based on the received output signal to control a control signal to conduct or cut off a switch transistor of the boost converter.

2. The LED voltage adjustment device as claimed in claim 1 , characterized in that the IC module is an RS trigger.

3. The LED voltage adjustment device as claimed in claim 2 , characterized in that the LED voltage adjustment device further comprises:

a clock module, for generating clock signal outputted to the S terminal of the RS trigger and the clock terminal of the integrator,

wherein the R terminal of the RD trigger receives the output signal from the comparator.

4. The LED voltage adjustment device as claimed in claim 3 , characterized in that when the clock signal is high, the control signal outputted by the RS trigger is high.

5. The LED voltage adjustment device as claim 4 , wherein when the clock signal is high, the integrator receives an output signal of the PI regulator.

6. The LED voltage adjustment device as claimed in claim 5 , characterized in that when the output signal of the integrator becomes larger than or equal to the output signal of the subtractor, the output signal of the comparator received by the R terminal of the RS trigger is high, and the control signal outputted by the RS trigger is low.

7. The LED voltage adjustment device as claimed in claim 6 , characterized in that the reset terminal of the integrator is connected to the output terminal of the comparator,

wherein the output signal of the comparator resets the integrator and the integrator stops working until the clock signal becomes high again.

8. A drive system for LED light bar, wherein the drive system comprises:

a boost converter, with output terminal connected to the positive terminal of the light bar;

an LED voltage adjustment device, which comprising:

a PI regulator, with negative terminal connected to the negative terminal of the LED light bar to receive negative terminal voltage of the light bar and positive terminal of the PI regulator for receiving reference voltage;

an integrator for receiving an output signal of PI regulator;

a subtractor, with positive input terminal receiving output signal from PI regulator and negative terminal receiving overcurrent protection detection voltage from the boost converter for driving the light bar, and for subtracting the overcurrent protection detection voltage from the output signal of the PI regulator;

a comparator, with positive terminal receiving output signal from the integrator and negative terminal receiving output signal from the subtractor; and

an integrated circuit (IC) module, for receiving output signal from the comparator and based on the received output signal to control a control signal to conduct or cut off a switch transistor of the boost converter.

9. The drive system as claimed in claim 8 , characterized in that the IC module is an RS trigger.

10. The drive system as claimed in claim 9 , characterized in that the LED voltage adjustment device further comprises:

a clock module, for generating clock signal outputted to the S terminal of the RS trigger and the clock terminal of the integrator,

wherein the R terminal of the RD trigger receives the output signal from the comparator.

11. The drive system as claimed in claim 10 , characterized in that when the clock signal is high, the control signal outputted by the RS trigger is high.

12. The drive system as claimed in claim 11 , wherein when the output signal is high, the integrator receives an output signal of the PI regulator.

13. The drive system as claimed in claim 12 , characterized in that when the output signal of the integrator becomes larger than or equal to the output signal of the subtractor, the output signal of the comparator received by the R terminal of the RS trigger is high, and the control signal outputted by the RS trigger is low.

14. The drive system as claimed in claim 13 , characterized in that the reset terminal of the integrator is connected to the output terminal of the comparator,

wherein the output signal of the comparator resets the integrator and the integrator stops working until the clock signal becomes high again.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 27, 2012
From: ZHANG, XIANMING; YANG, XIANG
To: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 029529/0353 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2012 1 0499422 · Nov 29, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20140145646A1 · May 29, 2014