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- 专利标题: Lighting apparatus using series-connected current sources and methods of operating same
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申请号: US14465580申请日: 2014-08-21
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公开(公告)号: US09648687B2公开(公告)日: 2017-05-09
- 发明人: Daniel Pope , Mike Walters
- 申请人: Cree, Inc.
- 申请人地址: US NC Durham
- 专利权人: Cree, Inc.
- 当前专利权人: Cree, Inc.
- 当前专利权人地址: US NC Durham
- 代理机构: Coats & Bennett, PLLC
- 主分类号: H05B33/08
- IPC分类号: H05B33/08
摘要:
An apparatus includes a plurality of series-connected current control circuits configured to control a current therethrough responsive to at least one current reference signal and to be coupled in parallel with a load, such as a string of LEDs. The apparatus further includes a voltage control circuit configured to control respective voltages across respective ones of the current control circuits. In some embodiments, the voltage control circuit may be configured to individually adjust responses of the current control circuits responsive to the voltages across the current control circuits. In further embodiments, the voltage control circuit may include respective voltage limiters coupled across respective ones of the current control circuits.
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