IP Library Granted Patent US 8,860,322
Granted Patent B2
US 8,860,322 · App. 13/707,412 · Granted Oct 14, 2014

Piezoelectric resonator light-emitting-diode (LED) driving circuit

Inventors: Tao-Chin Wei (Taipei, TW); Yuan-Ping Liu (Taipei, TW)
Assignees: Midas Wei Trading Co., Ltd.; Champion Elite Company Limited
H05B37/02H05B33/0815
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Patent No.
US 8,860,322
App. No.
13/707,412
Granted
Oct 14, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A piezoelectric resonant LED driving circuit, wherein a rectifier is used to rectify an AC voltage provided by the supply main into a DC voltage. Then, a quasi-resonant switching module performs resonance by means of the DC voltage to produce an induced current, to raise resonance frequency to operation frequency of a piezoelectric oscillator. Finally, the piezoelectric oscillator performs resonance and filtering using the induced current, to generate a sine wave current. Then, the sine wave current is rectified to output a DC current to drive an LED module.

Claims (11)

1. A piezoelectric resonant LED driving circuit, comprising:

a rectifier, used to receive an AC voltage, to rectify it into a DC voltage;

a quasi-resonant switching module, connected to said rectifier, and includes an inductor, a capacitor, and a switch, said switch and said capacitor connected in parallel, and then said switch and said capacitor are connected to said inductor, to perform resonance using said DC voltage, to generate an induced current;

a piezoelectric oscillator, connected to said quasi-resonant switching module, to receive said induced current, and produce a sine wave current after resonating and filtering said induced current; and

an LED module, connected to said piezoelectric oscillator to receive said sine wave current, and rectify said sine wave current into a DC current to drive said LED module.

2. The piezoelectric resonant LED driving circuit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein when said switch is switched on, said DC voltage starts to charge said inductor, to increase said induced current of said inductor; when said switch is switched off, said inductor discharges to said capacitor, to start charging said capacitor, so that voltage of said capacitor is raised from a low voltage level to a high voltage level.

3. The piezoelectric resonant LED driving circuit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said LED module further utilizes a rectifier circuit to receive said sine wave current, and rectify said sine wave current into said DC current, to drive said LED module to emit light, and said rectifier circuit is connected between said piezoelectric oscillator and said LED module.

4. The piezoelectric resonant LED driving circuit as claimed in claim 3 , further comprising: at least a transformer, connected between said piezoelectric oscillator and said rectifier circuit, to isolate noise generated by said Quasi-resonant switching module during resonance, or to increase driving voltage of said LED module.

5. The piezoelectric resonant LED driving circuit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein resonance frequency of said inductor and said capacitor is greater than switching frequency of said switch, and resonating-and-filtering frequency of said piezoelectric oscillator, and switching frequency of said switch is greater than resonating-and-filtering frequency of said piezoelectric oscillator.

6. The piezoelectric resonant LED driving circuit as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising: a filter inductor, connected in series between said capacitor and said piezoelectric oscillator, to filter out noise generated by said quasi-resonant switching module during resonance.

7. The piezoelectric resonant LED driving circuit as claimed in claim 6 , wherein said inductor and said filter inductor are wound around a same iron core, to form an autotransformer, and to raise induced voltage of said inductor.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 6, 2012
From: WEI, TAO-CHIN; LIU, YUAN-PING
To: MIDAS WEI TRADING CO., LTD.; CHAMPION ELITE COMPANY LIMITED
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Priority Claims (1)
TW 100144870 A · Dec 6, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130141000A1 · Jun 6, 2013