发明名称 |
ELECTRONIC DIMMER CONTROL FOR VACUUM FLUORESCENT DISPLAY DEVICES |
摘要 |
Apparatus and method for setting the pulse width modulation duty cycle that drives a vacuum fluorescent display device in response to changes in the setting of a dimmer control rheostat by establishing a constant window of acceptable voltage references that are changed when the setting of the dimmer control rheostat is changed, and by sequentially stepping through a set of discrete voltages whenever the setting of the dimmer control rheostat is changed until one of the discrete voltages is found to lie within the window of reference voltages. A dimmer signal is sent to a display driver circuit that corresponds to the selected discrete voltage lying within the reference window and determines the duty cycle and consequent brightness level for the display device. . |
申请公布号 |
CA1295656(C) |
申请公布日期 |
1992.02.11 |
申请号 |
CA19890609679 |
申请日期 |
1989.08.29 |
申请人 |
FORD MOTOR COMPANY OF CANADA, LIMITED |
发明人 |
HARRIS, RICHARD B. |
分类号 |
G09G3/06;H05B41/392 |
主分类号 |
G09G3/06 |
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