发明名称 Driving circuits for light emitting elements
摘要 A circuit for driving light emitting elements, such as LEDs, includes a first transistor having a source coupled to ground through a first resistive element, and a second transistor having a gate electrically coupled to a gate of the first transistor, a source electrically coupled to ground, and a drain for electrical connection to a first group of light emitting elements. The circuit also includes circuitry to provide a predetermined voltage at the source of the first transistor, circuitry to compensate for a difference in respective gate-source voltages of the first and second transistors, and circuitry to compensate for a difference in respective drain-source voltages of the first and second transistors. In some implementations, the circuit can achieve relatively low power consumption.
申请公布号 US9288852(B2) 申请公布日期 2016.03.15
申请号 US201213413820 申请日期 2012.03.07
申请人 Atmel Corporation 发明人 Chen Sean S.;Liang Wenbo
分类号 H05B37/02;H05B33/08 主分类号 H05B37/02
代理机构 Fish & Richardson P.C. 代理人 Fish & Richardson P.C.
主权项 1. A circuit for driving a string of light emitting diodes, the circuit comprising: a first MOS transistor; a second MOS transistor including a drain for electrical coupling to a first string of light emitting diodes and including a source coupled to ground; a first resistive element electrically coupling a source of the first MOS transistor to ground; circuitry, comprising an operational amplifier, operable to regulate a voltage across the first resistive element, the operational amplifier including an inverting input electrically coupled to the source of the first MOS transistor, and an output electrically coupled to the gate of the first MOS transistor; a second resistive element having a first end electrically coupled to a gate of the first MOS transistor and having a second end electrically coupled to a gate of the second MOS transistor; a first current source electrically coupled between the gate of the second MOS transistor and ground; a second current source electrically coupled between a drain of the first MOS transistor and a power supply voltage; and a third resistive element electrically coupled between the drain of the first MOS transistor and a drain of the second MOS transistor.
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