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| 20110316825 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DISPLAY - Disclosed herein is an organic electroluminescence display. The organic electroluminescence display includes: a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix format on a display panel and configured of first to N+K-th rows; a plurality of first data lines connected to pixels each in the same column of pixels in the first to N-th rows; a plurality of second data lines connected to pixels each in the same column of pixels in the k+1-th to N+K-th rows; and a plurality of pixel driving buffers sensing time constants of the second data lines and compensating for data currents according to the number of sensed time constants to drive the respective corresponding first data lines with the compensated data currents. The organic electroluminescence display can reduce operation deviation between the pixels according to parasitic components of the data lines. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110317536 | CURRENT DRIVING CIRCUIT AND LIGHT STORAGE SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME - Disclosed herein are a current driving circuit and a light storage system having the same. The current driving circuit includes a plurality of channel circuits that include a first transistor into which the input current flows, a second transistor generating the output current by mirroring the input current, a plurality of switches connected between the first and second transistors in parallel and optionally electrically connecting the first and second transistors in response to the control signals, a controller optionally activating the control signals each corresponding to the switches according to the magnitude of the input current; and an adder that adds output currents of the channel circuits to generate driving current. The current driving circuit can stably supply the driving current while preventing a delay in the driving current. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120068619 | DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING CURRENT OF LED - Disclosed herein is a device for controlling current of an LED including a constant current generator, a current mirror, and a current amplifier, the device controlling current of an LED, comprising: a selector outputting an L signal or an H signal according to an input control signal; and a current changing unit formed by connecting at least one switching unit in parallel, the switching unit including a transistor and a switch connected to the transistor in series. The device for controlling current of an LED adjusts current supplied to the current amplifier using a SEL input without an effect of a noise, thereby making it possible to change the current of the LED without separately changing a resistor. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120068738 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GENERATING THREE MODE SIGNAL - The device for generating three mode signals includes: a voltage setting block including an input terminal receiving three input signals of driving voltage, open, and ground and setting three voltages according to the three input signals; and an output block including two output terminals and a second node B receiving the three voltages from the voltage setting block, and outputting three combined signals by comparing an input voltage with a reference voltage, whereby only a small number of resistors and amplifiers generates three mode signals to further reduce the chip size than the related art and the external power source is not required to solve the problems of the related art due to noise. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120212146 | LED DRIVING DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a light emitting diode (LED) driving device for driving a multi-channel LED element or an LED array for each channel, the LED driving device including: a constant current driver driving currents flowing in each channel; a first switching unit selectively feeding-back voltage levels of each channel; and a switching controller controlling the turn on/off of the first switching unit, wherein matching characteristics of currents flowing in each channel is improved and a size of an integrated circuit (IC) chip is also reduced as compared to a case according to the related art, thereby making it possible to reduce a production cost and satisfy the trend of miniaturization of the chip, while solving a performance deterioration problem due to degradation of the matching of the currents between the channels. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120212152 | LED DRIVING DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a light emitting diode (LED) driving device for driving a multi-channel LED element or an LED array for each channel, the LED driving device including: a constant current driver driving currents flowing in each channel; and a minimum voltage selector receiving voltage levels of each channel and selecting a minimum voltage level to thereby feedback the selected minimum voltage level to the constant current driver, wherein matching characteristics of currents flowing in each channel is improved and a size of an integrated circuit (IC) chip is also reduced as compared to a case according to the related art, thereby making it possible to reduce a production cost and satisfy the trend of miniaturization of the chip, while solving a performance deterioration problem due to deterioration of the matching of the currents between the channels. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20130033189 | DIMMING CONTROL DEVICE, LED DRIVING DEVICE, AND DIMMING CONTROL METHOD - The present invention relates to a dimming control device, an LED driving device, and a dimming control method. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a dimming control device including: a PWM signal generating unit for generating a PWM signal from a reference signal and an input voltage; a signal compensating unit for compensating the PWM signal output from the PWM signal generating unit using an internal clock signal; and a synchronization unit for synchronizing the compensated signal with an external clock signal to output a synchronized PWM control signal for dimming control is proposed. Further, an LED driving device and a dimming control method are proposed. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130076253 | LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DRIVING APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is a light emitting diode (LED) driving apparatus including: at least one energy storages connected in series with each other; a plurality of LEDs each connected in parallel with each of the energy storages; and a switching control unit selectively connecting the at least one energy storages according to a level of applied voltage to charge/discharge voltage in/from the selected energy storages and control driving of the LEDs by the charging/discharging operation. Therefore, it is possible to easily drive the LEDs without a converter. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130127525 | IC CIRCUIT - The present invention relates to an IC circuit. In an embodiment, an IC circuit includes: an RT terminal connected to an external; a current mirroring unit conducting a channel current between internal voltage power and the RT terminal and generating an internal reference current mirrored with the channel current; a negative feedback unit receiving the internal reference current, equalizing voltages of an RT terminal connection terminal and an internal reference current output terminal of the current mirroring unit to make the internal reference current constant, and providing the internal reference current inside the IC circuit; and an IC state indicating unit having a transistor, which operates complementarily with the current mirroring unit, connected between the RT terminal and a ground and providing the state of an IC or a system to the RT terminal by being linked with the complementary operation of the current mirroring unit. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130148384 | INTEGRATED RESONANCE AND POWER FACTOR CORRECTION CONTROL INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND POWER CONVERTER - Provided are a resonance and PFC integrated control IC and a power converter. The resonance and PFC integrated control IC includes an interleave PFC control block and a resonance control block. The interleave PFC control block is configured to control first and second switches of an interleave switching converter and correct a power factor. The interleave switching converter includes a first converter comprising the first switch and a second converter comprising the second switch, and the first converter and the second converter are connected in parallel. The resonance control block is configured to resonate and control a Direct Current (DC)-DC converter that receives and converts the output of the interleave switching converter. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130162164 | PWM DRIVING CIRCUIT AND PWM DRIVING METHOD - Provided is a PWM driving circuit and a PWM driving method. The PWM driving circuit includes a dimmer switching unit turning on a first switch to apply a first reference signal varied according to an input voltage of a system when an output voltage level of a dimmer is a reference level or less, and turning on a second switch to apply a second reference signal, unrelated to the input voltage of the system, when the output voltage level of the dimmer is more than the reference level, an error amplification unit comparing the first reference signal or the second reference signal with an output detection signal to amplify an error and outputting an error amplification signal, and a PWM control signal generating unit comparing the error amplification signal of the error amplification unit with a predetermined reference waveform to output a PWM control signal. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130194832 | CONVERTER DRIVING CIRCUIT, DUAL-MODE LLC RESONANT CONVERTER SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF DRIVING DUAL-MODE LLC RESONANT CONVERTER - Disclosed herein are a converter driving circuit for adjusting a variable range of a driving control voltage according to an amplitude and frequency change of a feedback voltage, a dual-mode LLC resonant converter system, and a method of driving the dual-mode LLC resonant converter. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20140001958 | CIRCUIT, DEVICE AND METHOD OF DIRECTLY DRIVING LED | 01-02-2014 |
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| 20130162154 | DRIVING APPARATUS FOR LIGHT EMITTING DIODE - There is provided a driving apparatus for a light emitting diode (LED) comparing a rectified power voltage level with an LED current to limit current applied to an LED, thereby reducing the amount of heat generated therein. The driving apparatus for an LED includes a detecting unit detecting a voltage level of rectified power; and a driving unit comparing a level of current flowing in an LED unit having at least one LED with detection results from the detecting unit, and limiting current applied to the LED unit to drive the LED unit according to comparison results. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130249418 | LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DRIVING APPARATUS - There is provided a light emitting diode driving apparatus capable of uniformly maintaining current balance between light emitting diode channels. The light emitting diode driving apparatus includes: a DC to DC converting unit converting the direct current power into settable driving power; a detecting unit detecting voltage drops generated in each of a plurality of light emitting diode channels each having a plurality of light emitting diodes; a converting unit converting an analog value into a digital value; and a driving unit differentially setting duty cycles of switching signals according to the digital values from the converting unit to drive the plurality of light emitting diode channels. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130249424 | LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DRIVING APPARATUS - There is provided a light emitting diode driving apparatus capable of uniformly controlling current balance between light emitting diode channels. The light emitting diode driving apparatus includes: an AC to DC converting unit converting input AC power into a preset DC driving power; a detecting unit detecting voltage drops generated in a plurality of respective light emitting diode channels each having a plurality of light emitting diodes performing a light emitting operation by receiving the DC driving power; a converting unit converting analog values detected from the detecting unit into digital values; and a driving unit differentially setting switching signal duty cycles in which a driving current is allowed to flow in the plurality of respective light emitting diode channels according to the digital values from the converting unit to drive the plurality of light emitting diode channels. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20140035473 | ILLUMINATION DRIVING APPARATUS FOR LIGHT EMITTING DIODE AND METHOD THEREOF - There is provided an illumination driving apparatus for a light emitting diode, the apparatus including: a light emitting unit including M number of light emitting diodes (LEDs) connected in series and driven by an output voltage rectified in a rectifying unit; an LED switch unit including N number of LED switches connected in parallel with at least N number of the M LEDs, respectively, and connected in series; an LED switch control signal generating unit comparing the output voltage of the rectifying unit with each of the first to Nth preset reference voltages to generate N number of LED switch control signals controlling the LED switch unit; and an LED switch controlling unit transferring the N number of LED switch control signals to the LED switch unit. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140091717 | APPARATUS FOR DRIVING LIGHT EMITTING DIODE - There is provided an apparatus for driving a light emitting diode (LED), capable of distributing current stress applied to the LED. The apparatus includes an LED part including a plurality of LED units respectively including at least one LED, the plurality of LED units being connected in parallel to a power input terminal to which rectified power in sine wave form is supplied, and, among the plurality of LED units connected in parallel, a termination end of the LED unit in a front end being connected to a middle of an adjacent LED unit; and a current source unit including a plurality of current sources respectively connected to termination ends of the plurality of LED units and allowing corresponding current to flow through the plurality of LED units. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140139021 | MULTI-OUTPUT POWER SUPPLY - There is provided a multi-output power supply capable of maintaining power balancing between multiple output powers by fixing a switching duty until a voltage level reaches a predetermined voltage level during an initial stage of a soft-start operation, the multi-output power supply including a power supply unit switching an input power and outputting a plurality of powers having levels determined according to the switching, and a controller controlling a soft switching operation of the power supply unit during an initial operation and fixing a switching duty of the power supply unit to a preset switching duty according to a result of a comparison between a preset reference voltage level and an operating voltage determining whether the soft switching operation is performed or not during the soft switching operation. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140139131 | LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DRIVING APPARATUS - There is provided a light emitting diode driving apparatus, including: a power supplying unit converting input power into driving power according to a control and supplying the converted driving power to a light emitting diode channel; a driving unit controlling current flowing in the light emitting diode channel according to a pulse width modulation (PWM) dimming signal from the outside; and a controlling unit comparing a reference level set by a duty of the PWM dimming signal with a detection voltage level of the light emitting diode channel and controlling a power converting operation of the power supplying unit according to the comparison result. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140160806 | MULTI-OUTPUT POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS - There is provided a multi-output power supply apparatus capable of maintaining multiple output voltages in a balanced state by limiting a variable range of a switching duty according to a load state. The multi-output power supply apparatus includes: a power supply unit switching input power to output a plurality of voltages whose power levels are determined according to the switching operation; and a controller detecting power states of at least some of the plurality of voltages from the power supply unit, and limiting a range of a switching duty of the power supply unit to a pre-set range when the detected power states correspond to a pre-set limited power state. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140160807 | POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS - There is provided a power supply apparatus capable of precisely control a primary side switching frequency at a secondary side by receiving fed-back information regarding a power state at the secondary side without a separate expensive circuit or a complicated circuit. The power supply apparatus includes: a power supplying unit having a primary side and a secondary side having different ground electrical characteristics, switching power input to the primary side, and transferring the switched power to the second side electrically insulated from the primary side to supply the power; a controlling unit provided on the secondary side and receiving fed-back information regarding a power state of the power supplying unit to control a maximum value and a minimum value of a switching frequency of the primary side; and a transferring unit transferring a control signal from the controlling unit to the primary side of the power supplying unit. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140177302 | POWER FACTOR CORRECTION APPARATUS AND POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS - There are provided a power factor correction apparatus and a power supply apparatus, the power supply apparatus including a power supply unit switching input power to supply preset driving power to a load, and a control unit providing a switching control signal having a preset number of pulses for a predetermined time to the power supply unit to control power switching of the power supply unit, and when a voltage level of the driving power is equal to or higher than that of at least one intermediate voltage set between a preset normal operating voltage and a preset abnormal operating voltage, skipping a portion of the number of pulses of the switching control signal for the predetermined time. | 06-26-2014 |
