A light emission control method includes steps of: A) obtaining a number (N); B) obtaining M number of sub-period sequences; C) for a current display period, selecting a first one of the M number of sub-period sequences as a current sub-period sequence, and determining display time unit numbers based on an image grayscale value contained in a to-be-displayed image, the number (N) and the current sub-period sequence; D) for a next display period, selecting a next one of the M number of sub-period sequences as a next sub-period sequence, and determining the display time unit numbers based on an image grayscale value contained in another to-be-displayed image, the number (N) and the next sub-period sequence; and E) in response to the next sub-period sequence not being an Mth one of the sub-period sequences, repeating step D).
A light emission control method includes: (A) generating M sub-frames based on an image frame, where, with respect to each of multiple light emitting elements, a sum of partial gray values of the light emitting element that are respectively contained in N ones of the sub-frames is equal to a frame gray value of the light emitting element that is contained in the image frame, and 0
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A light emission control method includes: dividing a display time period into multiple display time intervals; obtaining a brightness threshold value; when it is determined that an original grayscale data value is greater than the brightness threshold value, obtaining multiple pulse width values that respectively correspond to the display time intervals, where each of the pulse width values is no less than one, and a sum of the pulse width values is equal to the original grayscale data value; and with respect to each of the display time intervals, when it is determined that the pulse width value that corresponds to the display time interval is greater than a predetermined reference value, driving the light emitting element in a first drive way, and otherwise, driving the light emitting element in a second drive way.
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DISPLAY DRIVING DEVICE AND DISPLAY INCLUDING THE SAME
A display driving device, applicable for at least one display area, includes a plurality of drivers, at least one timing controller and at least one intermediate controller. The intermediate controller is connected to the at least one timing controller and the plurality of drivers. The drivers are configured to drive a plurality of pixels in at least one display area, respectively. The at least one timing controller is configured to obtain the first addressing display signal of the pixels, and generate a second addressing display signal according to the first addressing display signal. The intermediate controller is configured to transmit at least a portion of the second addressing display signal to the drivers to drive the at least one display area according to a plurality of address information in the second addressing display signal. The signal processing capability of the repeater is lower than that of the timing controller.
A light emission control method includes: (A) generating multiple sub-frames based on an image frame that corresponds to a display time period including multiple display time intervals; (B) determining a display order of the sub-frames in the display time intervals, where the display order indicates, with respect to each of multiple display sets of a display, a one-to-one corresponding relationship between the sub-frames and the display time intervals, the one-to-one corresponding relationships with respect to the display sets are different from each other, and in the one-to-one corresponding relationships with respect to at least two of the display sets, a first one of the sub-frames corresponds to different ones of the display time intervals; and (C) in each of the display time intervals, controlling each of the display sets to display one of the sub-frames that corresponds to the display time interval based on the display order.
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A panel driving method for spliced display devices with a plurality of panel modules is provided, and the method comprising: by an image generation circuit, generating an initial image with an initial resolution receiving image data; by an image dispatch circuit, generating an advanced image with a terminal resolution based on the initial image and an application setting value, and further dividing the advanced image into a plurality of terminal images; and, by a plurality of timing controllers, receiving the terminal images individually, generating a plurality of panel driving signals corresponding to the terminal images, and outputting the panel driving signals to the panel modules. The image dispatch circuit determines whether to scale the initial image as the advanced image based on whether the value of the initial resolution is equal to the application setting value.
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A dimming method is to be implemented by a brightness divider, and includes steps of: (A) determining whether a brightness value is smaller than or equal to a predetermined reference value; (B) when it is determined in step (A) that the brightness value is smaller than or equal to the predetermined reference value, setting a magnitude value that is related to a current generator, and setting a pulse width value that is related to a switch based on the brightness value; and (C) when it is determined in step (A) that the brightness value is not smaller than or equal to the predetermined reference value, setting the magnitude value based on the brightness value, the predetermined reference value and a predetermined order setting, and setting the pulse width value based on the predetermined reference value.
A display module includes a substrate, an interposer and at least one micro light emitting element. The substrate has a driving circuit. The interposer includes an interlayer, a testing circuit and an electrically conductive structure. The testing circuit and the electrically conductive structure are located at the interlayer, and the driving circuit is electrically connected with the electrically conductive structure. The micro light emitting element is located at the interposer. The micro light emitting element is electrically connected with the testing circuit and the electrically conductive structure.
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INTERLEAVING DRIVING METHOD OF LIGHT EMITTING DIODE ARRAY AND LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DEVICE
An interleaving driving method of light emitting diode array comprises: receiving image signal; converting the image signal into gray scale signals, the gray scale signals correspond to the plurality of light emitting channels, respectively, to execute multiple steps. The multiple steps include: generating a high gray scale data group and a low gray scale data group; when there is data in the high gray scale data group, drive the light emitting diode channel corresponding to the target gray scale signal during a first turn on time interval; when there is data in the low gray scale data group, drive the light emitting diode channel corresponding to the target gray scale signal during a second turn on time interval which does not overlap the first turn on time interval and a first gray scale signal and a second gray scale signal of the gray scale signals does not overlap each other.
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An LED display device includes a system board, and multiple daughterboards that are assembled on the system board. The system board includes a drive power circuit, a first gate circuit and a second gate circuit. Each daughterboard includes a substrate, multiple LEDs that are disposed on the substrate, multiple first transistor switches that are respectively connected to the LEDs, and at least one second transistor switch that is connected to the LEDs. With respect to each daughterboard, the first transistor switches and the at least one second transistor switch cooperatively control current flows through the LEDs; the first transistor switches are further connected to the drive power circuit to respectively receive multiple drive currents, and are further connected to the first gate circuit to receive a timing signal; and the at least one second transistor switch is further connected to the second gate circuit to receive a timing signal.
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A light emitting display device includes a substrate, a drive power circuit, a gate circuit unit, multiple LEDs and a power switch unit. The power switch unit includes multiple first transistor switches and at least one second transistor switch that cooperatively control current flows through the LEDs. The first transistor switches are respectively connected to first terminals of the LEDs. The at least one second transistor switch is connected to second terminals of the LEDs. The first transistor switches are further connected to the drive power circuit to receive multiple drive currents, and are further connected to the gate circuit unit to receive a timing input. The at least one second transistor switch is further connected to the gate circuit unit to receive a timing input. The light emitting display device can have reduced parasitic capacitance effect, and thus reduced power consumption and have improved display quality.
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An assembled LED display device includes a system motherboard, and multiple to-be-assembled daughterboards assembled on the system motherboard. The system motherboard includes a drive power circuit including multiple power lines, and a gate control circuit including multiple gate lines. Each to-be-assembled daughterboard includes a substrate, at least one transistor switch, and a plurality of LED units disposed on the substrate and each including multiple LEDs connected to a same one of the at least one transistor switch. The LEDs of the LED units of the to-be-assembled daughterboards are arranged in a matrix having multiple rows and multiple columns. With respect to each column, the LEDs in the column are connected to the power line corresponding to the column. With respect to each to-be-assembled daughterboard, gate terminal(s) of the at least one transistor switch is(are) connected to the gate line corresponding to the to-be-assembled daughterboard.
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Scan-type display apparatus capable of short circuit detection, and scan driver thereof
A scan-type display apparatus includes an LED array and a scan driver. The LED array has a common anode configuration, and includes multiple scan lines, multiple data lines and multiple LEDs. The scan driver includes multiple scan driving circuits. Each scan driving circuit includes a voltage generator and a detector. The voltage generator has an output terminal that is connected to the scan line corresponding to the scan driving circuit, and is configured to output one of an input voltage and a clamp voltage at the output terminal of the voltage generator. The detector is connected to the output terminal of the voltage generator, and generates a detection signal that indicates whether any one of the LEDs connected to the scan line corresponding to the scan driving circuit is short circuited based on a voltage at the output terminal of the voltage generator and a detection timing signal.
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Scan-type display apparatus capable of short circuit detection, and scan driver thereof
A scan-type display apparatus includes an LED array and a scan driver. The LED array has a common cathode configuration, and includes multiple scan lines, multiple data lines and multiple LEDs. The scan driver includes multiple scan driving circuits. Each scan driving circuit includes a voltage generator and a detector. The voltage generator has an output terminal that is connected to the scan line corresponding to the scan driving circuit, and is configured to output one of a common voltage and a clamp voltage at the output terminal of the voltage generator. The detector is connected to the output terminal of the voltage generator, and generates a detection signal that indicates whether any one of the LEDs connected to the scan line corresponding to the scan driving circuit is short circuited based on a voltage at the output terminal of the voltage generator and a detection timing signal.
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Scan-type display apparatus capable of short circuit detection, and data driver thereof
A scan-type display apparatus includes an LED array and a data driver. The LED array has a common anode configuration, and includes multiple scan lines, multiple data lines and multiple LEDs. The data driver includes multiple data driving circuits, each of which includes a current driver and a detector. The current driver has an output terminal connected to the data line corresponding to the data driving circuit, and outputs one of a drive current and a clamp voltage at the output terminal of the current driver based on a pulse width control signal. The detector is connected to the current driver, and generates a detection signal that indicates whether any one of the LEDs connected to the data line corresponding to the data driving circuit is short circuited based on a detection timing signal and a feed-in voltage related to a voltage at the output terminal of the current driver.
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Scan-type display apparatus capable of short circuit detection, and data driver thereof
A scan-type display apparatus includes an LED array and a data driver. The LED array has a common cathode configuration, and includes multiple scan lines, multiple data lines and multiple LEDs. The data driver includes multiple data driving circuits, each of which includes a current driver and a detector. The current driver has an output terminal connected to the data line corresponding to the data driving circuit, and outputs one of a drive current and a clamp voltage at the output terminal of the current driver based on a pulse width control signal. The detector is connected to the current driver, and generates a detection signal that indicates whether any one of the LEDs connected to the data line corresponding to the data driving circuit is short circuited based on a detection timing signal and a feed-in voltage related to a voltage at the output terminal of the current driver.
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Backlight driving method and device for driving a scan-type display
A backlight driving method includes steps of: (A) receiving a piece of image data; (B) generating a piece of adjustment data based on the image data; (C) generating, based on a plurality of predetermined delay values and on an original synchronization control (SC) signal that has a pulse, an internal SC signal that has a plurality of pulses, where respective time delays of the pulses of the internal SC signal with respect to the pulse of the original SC signal are respectively dependent on the predetermined delay values; and (D) generating a backlight driving output based on the adjustment data and the internal SC signal, so as to drive a backlight source of a scan-type display to emit light intermittently.
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Backlight driving method and module for a scan-type display
A backlight driving method includes steps of: (A) generating an original synchronization control (SC) signal, and a serial input signal that contains multiple predetermined delay values; (B) generating multiple internal SC signals based on the original SC signal and the delay values, such that respective time delays of the internal SC signals with respect to the original SC signal are respectively dependent on the delay values; and (C) generating multiple backlight driving outputs based on the internal SC signals to respectively drive multiple backlight sources, such that the backlight sources emit light in an order dependent on the delay values.
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Backlight driving method and device for driving a scan-type display
A backlight driving method includes steps of: (A) receiving a piece of image data that includes a number (K) of segments, where K≥2; (B) generating a piece of adjustment data that includes a number (K) of segments; each segment of the adjustment data being generated based on a respective segment of the image data and upon receipt of the respective segment of the image data; (C) generating, based on a piece of delay data and on an original synchronization control (SC) signal that has a pulse, an internal SC signal that has a number (K) of pulses; and (D) generating a backlight driving output based on the adjustment data and the internal SC signal, so as to drive a backlight source of a scan-type display to emit light.
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Driving system for driving light-emitting modules and light-emitting system including the same
A driving system for driving light-emitting modules includes driving current generation modules connected respectively to the light-emitting modules, and a brightness modulation module connected to the current generation modules and the light-emitting modules. Each driving current generation module is configured to receive signals from the brightness modulation module to control a driving current that flows through the light-emitting module it is connected to. The brightness modulation module is configured to generate the signals based on voltages provided at terminals of the light-emitting modules that are connected to the driving current generation modules.
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A display system includes a light emitting array and a driving device. The light emitting array includes multiple scan lines, multiple drive lines and multiple light emitting elements. The driving device includes a controller, a charge balance line and a charge sharing circuit. The controller generates a control output. The charge sharing circuit is coupled to the drive lines, the charge balance line and the controller, and receives the control output from the controller. With respect to each of the drive lines, the charge sharing circuit is operable, based on the control output, to establish or not establish an electrical connection between the drive line and the charge balance line.
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Display system capable of eliminating cross-channel coupling problem, and driving device thereof
A display system includes an LED array and a driving device. The driving device includes a current driver, a scan selector and a capacitor. The current driver is connected to drive lines of the LED array, and provides a plurality of driving current signals respectively to the drive lines. The scan selector is connected to scan lines of the LED array, and has a first terminal that is configured to receive an input voltage, and a second terminal. The scan selector outputs the input voltage to a selected one of the scan lines, and outputs a clamp voltage provided at the second terminal thereof to the other ones of the scan lines. The capacitor has a first terminal, and a second terminal that is connected to the second terminal of the scan selector.
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A micro light emitting diode display device includes a light-transmissive unit, a plurality of light emitting units and a plurality of converting units. The light-transmissive unit includes a protective layer which has opposite first and second surfaces. The light emitting units are arranged in an array on the second surface of the protective layer and each of the light emitting units includes first, second and third light emitting portions. The converting units are disposed on the first surface of the protective layer in positions corresponding to the light emitting units, respectively, and each of the converting units includes a reflecting feature, and first and second wavelength converting elements.
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A driving system includes a scan driving device. The scan driving device includes a configuration register, a counter, multiple comparators and a driver. The configuration register generates a counting parameter and multiple scan order parameters based on a serial input signal and a clock signal. The counter generates a counting value based on the clock signal, an enable signal and the counting parameter. Each comparator compares the counting value with a respective one of the scan order parameters to generate a comparison result. The driver generates multiple scan driving signals for driving a scan-type display based on the clock signal, on the enable signal and on the comparison results respectively generated by the comparators.
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A mixed light light-emitting diode device includes first, second, and third chips, each having a first-type semiconductor layer with a first surface, a second-type semiconductor layer with a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a third surface indenting from the first surface and situated on the second-type semiconductor layer. The second and third chips have their first surfaces disposed above and facing the first surface of the first chip. A first-type electrode penetrates through the second and first surfaces of the first chip and contacts all first surfaces of first, second, and third chips. Two second-type electrodes each penetrates through the second and third surfaces of the first chip and connect the first chip to one of the second and third chips.
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A scan-type display apparatus includes an LED array, a display module, a control module and a driver module. The LED array has a common cathode configuration. The control module generates a synchronization control (SC) signal. Based on the SC signal, the driver module outputs an input voltage to scan lines of the LED array sequentially without overlapping in time so as to drive LEDs of the LED array to emit light in a line scan manner, and generates an image refresh signal that is related to the output of the input voltage to one of the scan lines which corresponds to a last line of the line scan in each line scan cycle and that is further related to refreshing of images on a display constituted by the LED array and the display module.
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Scan-type display apparatus and driving device thereof
A scan-type display apparatus includes a light emitting module, a display module, a control module and a driver module. The light emitting module includes an LED array having a common anode configuration. The control module generates an image stream, a plurality of switching signals that cause the LED array to emit light in a line scan manner, and an image refresh signal that is related to refreshing of images on a display constituted by the light emitting module and the display module. The driver module generates a drive output to drive the display module, such that the display shows images represented by the image stream and that the refreshing of images on the display is synchronous to the line scan.
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Method for transferring micro light emitting diodes
A method for transferring micro light emitting diodes (micro-LEDs) includes forming a plurality of micro light emitting diode (micro-LED) chips having an epitaxial stacked layer and an electrode on a base; attaching the electrodes of the micro-LED chips to a temporary substrate and removing the base from the micro-LED chips; forming a light shielding layer on the temporary substrate; forming a light-transmissible packaging layer to cover the light shielding layer and the micro-LED chips; removing the temporary substrate to form a light emitting assembly; dividing the light emitting assembly to separate a plurality of pixels constituted by the micro-LEDs; and transferring the pixels to a permanent substrate.
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A driving device includes a control unit, a switch unit and a driver unit. The control unit is configured to generate a gray scale output and a synchronization signal. The switch unit is coupled to an LED array, and switches among different conduction states based on a switching output. The driver unit is coupled to the control unit, the switch unit and the LED array. The driver unit generates the switching output based on a clock signal and the synchronization signal, and generates drive outputs for receipt by the LED array based on the clock signal, the gray scale output and the synchronization signal, so as to drive the LED array to emit light.
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Driving method and driving device for driving a scan-type display
A driving method is to be implemented by a driver module, is adapted to drive a scan-type display, and includes steps of: receiving an image stream and a synchronization control (SC) signal from a control module; generating a drive output based on the SC signal, the image stream and a clock signal to drive the display such that the display emits light in a line scan manner; and generating an image refresh signal based on the SC signal and the drive output. The image refresh signal is related to refreshing of images on the display.
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Scan-type display apparatus, and driving device and driving method thereof
A scan-type display apparatus includes an LED array, a display module, a control module and a driver module. The LED array has a common anode configuration. The control module generates a synchronization control (SC) signal. Based on the SC signal, the driver module outputs an input voltage to scan lines of the LED array sequentially without overlapping in time so as to drive LEDs of the LED array to emit light in a line scan manner, and generates an image refresh signal that is related to the output of the input voltage to one of the scan lines which corresponds to a last line of the line scan in each line scan cycle and that is further related to refreshing of images on a display constituted by the LED array and the display module.
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G09G 3/3216 - Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix using controlled light sources using electroluminescent panels semiconductive, e.g. using light-emitting diodes [LED] organic, e.g. using organic light-emitting diodes [OLED] using a passive matrix
G09G 3/34 - Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix by control of light from an independent source
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Scan-type display apparatus, in which refreshing of images on a display thereof can occur when a line scan cycle of a light emitting diode array of the display ends, and driving method thereof
A scan-type display apparatus includes a light emitting module, a display module, a control module and a driver module. The light emitting module includes an LED array having a common anode configuration. The control module generates a synchronization control (SC) signal. The driver module generates a plurality of switching signals and an image refresh signal based on the SC signal. The switching signals cause the LED array to emit light in a line scan manner. The image refresh signal is related to one of the switching signals that corresponds to a last line of the line scan in each line scan cycle, and is further related to refreshing of images on a display constituted by the light emitting module and the display module.
G09G 3/34 - Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix by control of light from an independent source
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Scan-type display apparatus and driving device thereof
A scan-type display apparatus includes a light emitting module, a display module, a control module and a driver module. The light emitting module includes an LED array having a common cathode configuration. The control module generates an image stream, a plurality of switching signals that cause the LED array to emit light in a line scan manner, and an image refresh signal that is related to refreshing of images on a display constituted by the light emitting module and the display module. The driver module generates a drive output to drive the display module, such that the display shows images represented by the image stream and that the refreshing of images on the display is synchronous to the line scan.
G09G 3/34 - Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix by control of light from an independent source
G09G 3/36 - Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix by control of light from an independent source using liquid crystals
A backlight driving method is provided to include generating switching signals based on an internal synchronization control (ISC) signal related to refreshing of images on the display, a clock signal, and delay commands contained in a serial input signal that further contains an image stream. A time delay of each switching signal with respect to the ISC signal is determined by the clock signal and a respective delay command, and the time delays of the switching signals are different from one another. The method further includes generating driving signals based on the ISC signal, the clock signal and the serial input signal; and outputting the signals thus generated, to drive the backlight module to emit light in a line scan manner.
G09G 3/34 - Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix by control of light from an independent source
A driving system is operatively associated with a light emitting array that includes a plurality of scan lines, a plurality of channel lines and a plurality of light emitting elements. The driving system includes a voltage converter circuit and a driver circuit. The voltage converter circuit converts, based on a control signal, an input voltage into an output voltage that has a magnitude related to the control signal. The driver circuit drives the light emitting elements via the scan lines and the channel lines, is operable, based on voltages at the channel lines, to pull or not to pull a voltage at a common node to a logic level, and generates the control signal based on the voltage at the common node.
G09G 3/32 - Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix using controlled light sources using electroluminescent panels semiconductive, e.g. using light-emitting diodes [LED]
A display device includes a carrier, a substrate unit, a plurality of light emitting elements and a circuit unit. The carrier has a top surface and a bottom surface opposite to each other, and a peripheral surface interconnecting the top and bottom surfaces. The substrate unit is disposed on one side of the peripheral surface of the carrier. The light emitting elements are spacedly disposed on the top surface of the carrier. The circuit unit includes a plurality of circuit modules that are disposed on the substrate unit and that are electrically connected to the light emitting elements. Each of the circuit modules includes a switch control circuit and a driving circuit that are configured to control the light emitting elements.
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H01L 33/62 - Arrangements for conducting electric current to or from the semiconductor body, e.g. leadframe, wire-bond or solder balls
H01L 27/15 - Devices consisting of a plurality of semiconductor or other solid-state components formed in or on a common substrate including semiconductor components with at least one potential-jump barrier or surface barrier, specially adapted for light emission
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Method of building model of defect inspection for LED display
A method of building a model of defect inspection for a light-emitting diode (LED) display is adapted to be implemented by a model-building system. The model-building system stores captured images respectively of LED displays that were displaying images. Each of the captured images corresponds to a status tag that indicates a status of the image being displayed by the respective one of the LED displays. The method includes: performing data preprocessing on the captured images to result in pieces of pre-processed data that respectively correspond to the captured images; and building a model of defect inspection by using an algorithm of machine learning based on the pieces of pre-processed data and the status tags.
A method for packaging an integrated circuit chip includes the steps of: a) providing a plurality of dies and a lead frame which includes a plurality of bonding parts each having a die pad, a plurality of leads each having an end region disposed on and connected to the die pad, and a plurality of bumps each disposed on the end region of a respective one of the leads; b) transferring each of the dies to the die pad of a respective one of the bonding parts to permit each of the dies to be flipped on the respective bonding part; and c) hot pressing each of the dies and the die pad of a respective one of the bonding parts to permit each of the dies to be bonded to the bumps of the respective bonding part.
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A current driving device includes a switch, a current generator and a brightness divider. The switch is coupled between the current generator and a light emitting element, and switches between conduction and non-conduction based on a pulse signal. Based on a magnitude control signal, the current generator generates a drive current that has a magnitude related to the magnitude control signal, and that flows through the light emitting element when the switch conducts. The brightness divider is coupled to the switch and the current generator, and generates the pulse signal and the magnitude control signal based on a brightness value such that average brightness of the light emitting element is related to the brightness value.
FORCE MOS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. (Taiwan, Province of China)
Inventor
Tu, Kao-Way
Chang, Yuan-Shun
Yang, Li-Chang
Lin, Yi-Sheng
Abstract
A metal-oxide semiconductor module includes multiple metal-oxide semiconductor components separated from one another by at least one first trench. Each of the metal-oxide semiconductor components includes a heavily doped semiconductor layer which includes a drain region, an epitaxial layer which is formed with an indentation such that the drain region is partially exposed from the epitaxial layer, and a metallic patterned contact unit. The epitaxial layer also includes a source region and a gate region that are spaced-apart formed therein. The metallic patterned contact unit includes source, gate, and drain patterned contacts which are electrically connected to the source, gate, and drain regions, respectively. A light-emitting diode display device including the metal-oxide semiconductor module is also disclosed.
H01L 27/15 - Devices consisting of a plurality of semiconductor or other solid-state components formed in or on a common substrate including semiconductor components with at least one potential-jump barrier or surface barrier, specially adapted for light emission
A power supply system includes a current driver circuit, a sensor circuit, a control circuit, a voltage generator circuit and a signal generator circuit. The current driver circuit generates, based on a pulse signal, an output current for driving a load unit that includes series connected loads. The sensor circuit senses the output current to generate a sensed voltage. For each load, the control circuit is operable, based on a control input, to allow or not to allow the output current to flow through the load. The voltage generator circuit generates a reference voltage based on the control input. The signal generator circuit generates the pulse signal based on the reference voltage and the sensed voltage.
H02M 3/155 - Conversion of DC power input into DC power output without intermediate conversion into AC by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode using devices of a triode or transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal using semiconductor devices only
H05B 45/48 - Details of LED load circuits with an active control inside an LED matrix having LEDs organised in strings and incorporating parallel shunting devices
H02M 1/08 - Circuits specially adapted for the generation of control voltages for semiconductor devices incorporated in static converters
A display system includes a light emitting array and a driving circuit. The light emitting array includes: a plurality of scan lines, a plurality of channel lines, and a plurality of light emitting elements connected to the scan lines and the channel lines. The driving circuit includes: a delay-locked loop generating an internal global clock signal; a signal processor generating a scan control output and a channel control output based on the internal global clock signal and display data; a scan driver driving the scan lines based on the scan control output; and a channel driver providing a plurality of driving current signals respectively to the channel lines based on the channel control signal.
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G09G 3/20 - Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix
A display system includes a number (M) of scan line units, a number (N) of channel line units, a number (R) of light emitting arrays connected to the scan line units and the channel line units, and a number (L) of shared driving circuits, where M≥1, N≥1, R≥1, and L is equal to a maximum of M and N when M≠N, and is equal to M otherwise. Each shared driving circuit is operable to generate or not to generate a scan driving output, and is operable to generate or not to generate a channel driving output. Each of a number (M) of the shared driving circuits is for providing the scan driving output to a respective scan line unit. Each of a number (N) of the shared driving circuits is for providing the scan driving output to a respective scan line unit.
G09G 3/32 - Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix using controlled light sources using electroluminescent panels semiconductive, e.g. using light-emitting diodes [LED]
A method for sensing a biometric object using an electronic device includes the steps of: (a) emitting a sensing light from a backlight unit upon the biometric object contacting a sensing region on a display surface, and allowing the sensing light to pass through a color filter unit and then reach and be reflected by the biometric object to return as a reflected light; and (b) controlling arrangement of liquid crystal molecules located in a first region of a liquid crystal layer to define a first light path, and allowing the reflected light having predetermined wavelengths to pass through the color filter unit and the first light path to reach and be detected by the optical sensing unit.
Industrial Technology Research Institute (Taiwan, Province of China)
Macroblock, Inc. (Taiwan, Province of China)
Inventor
Wang, Po-Hsun
Chao, Chia-Hsin
Wu, Ming-Hsien
Fang, Yen-Hsiang
Lin, Chien-Chung
Kao, Ming-Jer
Chang, Feng-Pin
Abstract
A display device including a circuit substrate, a plurality of pixels, and a light-shielding layer is provided. The pixels include a plurality of light-emitting elements. The light-emitting elements are disposed on the circuit substrate and are electrically connected to the circuit substrate. The light-emitting elements in the pixels are arranged along an arrangement direction. The light-shielding layer is disposed on the circuit substrate and has a plurality of pixel apertures. The pixels are disposed in a corresponding pixel aperture. The light-shielding layer includes a plurality of first light-shielding patterns extending in the arrangement direction and a plurality of second light-shielding patterns connected to the first light-shielding patterns. The extending direction of the second light-shielding patterns is different from the extending direction of the first light-shielding patterns. A thickness of the first light-shielding patterns is greater than or substantially equal to a thickness of the second light-shielding patterns.
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H01L 25/075 - Assemblies consisting of a plurality of individual semiconductor or other solid-state devices all the devices being of a type provided for in a single subclass of subclasses , , , , or , e.g. assemblies of rectifier diodes the devices not having separate containers the devices being of a type provided for in group
H01L 23/538 - Arrangements for conducting electric current within the device in operation from one component to another the interconnection structure between a plurality of semiconductor chips being formed on, or in, insulating substrates
H01L 33/62 - Arrangements for conducting electric current to or from the semiconductor body, e.g. leadframe, wire-bond or solder balls
A power semiconductor device includes a substrate, a main body and an electrode unit. The main body includes an active portion, an edge termination portion surrounding the active portion, and an insulating layer disposed on the edge termination portion. The edge termination portion includes a first-type semiconductor region, and a plurality of spaced-apart second-type semiconductor segments distributed in the first-type semiconductor region and arranged at intervals along a Y-direction directing from the insulating layer toward the substrate, and an X-direction directing from the active portion toward the edge termination portion. The electrode unit includes a first electrode and a second electrode.
A light emitting diode (LED) failure detecting device is operatively associated with an LED array, and includes a driving circuit and a determining circuit. The driving circuit is used to be coupled to scan lines and data lines of the LED array, and drives, based on a first control input corresponding to selection of one of LED units of the LED array, the LED units in such a way that a current flows through said one of the LED units. The determining circuit generates, based at least on the voltages respectively at the data lines and on a second control input corresponding at least to selection of the data line that is coupled to said one of the LED units, a determination output that indicates whether said one of the LED units is determined to have failed.
A light emitting diode (LED) failure detecting device is operatively associated with an LED array, and includes a driving circuit and a determining circuit. The driving circuit drives LED units of the LED array through scan lines and data lines of the LED array in such a way that a current flows through one of the LED units. The determining circuit selects a voltage at the data line that is coupled to said one of the LED units, and generates, based on a difference between a first sample voltage that is related to at least the selected voltage at a first time point and a second sample voltage that is related to at least the selected voltage at a second time point, a determination output indicating whether said one of the LED units is determined to have failed.
G09G 3/10 - Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of a single character by selection from a plurality of characters, or by composing the character by combination of individual elements, e.g. segments using controlled light sources using gas tubes
H05B 33/08 - Circuit arrangements for operating electroluminescent light sources
G09G 3/3291 - Details of drivers for data electrodes in which the data driver supplies a variable data voltage for setting the current through, or the voltage across, the light-emitting elements
G09G 3/3233 - Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix using controlled light sources using electroluminescent panels semiconductive, e.g. using light-emitting diodes [LED] organic, e.g. using organic light-emitting diodes [OLED] using an active matrix with pixel circuitry controlling the current through the light-emitting element
G09G 3/3275 - Details of drivers for data electrodes
G09G 3/3216 - Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix using controlled light sources using electroluminescent panels semiconductive, e.g. using light-emitting diodes [LED] organic, e.g. using organic light-emitting diodes [OLED] using a passive matrix
F21Y 103/10 - Elongate light sources, e.g. fluorescent tubes comprising a linear array of point-like light-generating elements
A power semiconductor device includes a substrate, a main body, and an electrode unit. The main body includes an active portion disposed on the substrate, an edge termination portion, and an insulating layer disposed on the edge termination portion. The edge termination portion includes first-type semiconductor region, a second-type semiconductor region and a top surface. The first-type semiconductor region is adjacent to the active portion and has a first-type doping concentration decreased from the top surface toward the substrate. The electrode unit includes a first electrode disposed on the insulating layer, and a second electrode disposed on the substrate.
H01L 29/06 - Semiconductor bodies characterised by the shapes, relative sizes, or dispositions of the semiconductor regions
H01L 29/36 - Semiconductor bodies characterised by the concentration or distribution of impurities
H01L 29/423 - Electrodes characterised by their shape, relative sizes or dispositions not carrying the current to be rectified, amplified or switched
H01L 29/78 - Field-effect transistors with field effect produced by an insulated gate
H01L 29/08 - Semiconductor bodies characterised by the shapes, relative sizes, or dispositions of the semiconductor regions with semiconductor regions connected to an electrode carrying current to be rectified, amplified, or switched and such electrode being part of a semiconductor device which comprises three or more electrodes
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Voltage control device with gate capacitor charging and discharging
A voltage control device includes an output module and a control module. The output module provides an output current at an output terminal thereof based on a control voltage. The control module includes a comparing circuit, a capacitor, a charging circuit and a discharging circuit. The comparing circuit compares a to-be-compared voltage, which is associated at least with a to-be-controlled voltage at the output terminal of the output module, with a predetermined reference voltage to generate a comparison signal. The capacitor provides the control voltage. The charging circuit is operable to charge the capacitor based on the comparison signal. The discharging circuit is operable to discharge the capacitor based on the comparison signal.
G05F 1/563 - Regulating voltage or current wherein the variable actually regulated by the final control device is DC using semiconductor devices in series with the load as final control devices including two stages of regulation, at least one of which is output level responsive, e.g. coarse and fine regulation
H02M 7/04 - Conversion of AC power input into DC power output without possibility of reversal by static converters
H02M 1/42 - Circuits or arrangements for compensating for or adjusting power factor in converters or inverters
H05B 33/08 - Circuit arrangements for operating electroluminescent light sources
H02M 1/15 - Arrangements for reducing ripples from DC input or output using active elements
G05F 1/577 - Regulating voltage or current wherein the variable actually regulated by the final control device is DC using semiconductor devices in series with the load as final control devices for plural loads
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Method and driving system for driving a light-emitting diode device
In a method for driving a light-emitting diode (LED) device, a driving system is configured to: a) receive a number of driving signals, each corresponding to a period the LED device is to be activated; b) determine a number of repetitions for output of each of the driving signals; c) determine an average driving period for each of the driving signals; d) constructing a sequence list of driving signals to be sent to the LED device, the sequence list including a plurality of rows, each of the rows is numbered and includes two columns for containing respectively two entries of the driving signals therein; and e) sequentially transmit the two entries of the driving signals contained in each of the rows included in the sequence list to the LED device.
G09G 3/32 - Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix using controlled light sources using electroluminescent panels semiconductive, e.g. using light-emitting diodes [LED]
G09G 3/20 - Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix
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Method for controlling light emission of a light emitting device, and a driving system implementing the method
A driving system for a light emitting device includes a data latch unit to store first logic data, a shift register unit to store second logic data, a multiplexer unit to selectively output the first and second logic data, and a driving unit converting the logic data outputted by the multiplexer unit into a driving output that is provided to the light emitting device.
G09G 3/32 - Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix using controlled light sources using electroluminescent panels semiconductive, e.g. using light-emitting diodes [LED]
A LED driving device adapted to driving N LED strings connected in series is provided. N is a positive integer greater than 1. The LED driving device includes (N−1) switch units, a current source, a detection unit and a control unit. The ith switch unit electrically connects to the (i+1) LED string in parallel or to the ith LED string in parallel, and 0
A common-core power factor correction resonant converter includes an energy-transforming circuit. The energy-transforming circuit receives an input line voltage and generates an output power. The energy-transforming circuit includes a coupling inductor and a charge-storage capacitor. The coupling inductor and the charge-storage capacitor are charged by the input line voltage in response to a control signal, so as to generate a charge-storage capacitor voltage. When the charge-storage capacitor voltage is charged to a preset voltage level, the coupling inductor and the charge-storage capacitor are discharged according to the control signal. Then, the energy in the coupling inductor and the charge-storage capacitor is transformed to the output load and provide the output voltage or current regulation.
H02M 3/335 - Conversion of DC power input into DC power output with intermediate conversion into AC by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode to produce the intermediate AC using devices of a triode or a transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal using semiconductor devices only
G05F 1/70 - Regulating power factorRegulating reactive current or power
H02M 3/137 - Conversion of DC power input into DC power output without intermediate conversion into AC by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode using devices of a thyratron or thyristor type requiring extinguishing means using semiconductor devices only with automatic control of output voltage or current, e.g. switching regulators
H02M 1/42 - Circuits or arrangements for compensating for or adjusting power factor in converters or inverters
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Single wire signal regeneration transmitting apparatus and method and serially connected single wire signal regeneration transmitting apparatuses
A single wire signal regeneration transmitting apparatus receives a serial packet including a plurality of signal segments, and each of the signal segments includes a data field and a stuff time symbol. Each of the data fields, which is followed by each of the stuff time symbols, includes multiple logic 0/1 signal symbols, with accumulated numbers of the logic 0/1 signal symbols in each of the data fields being the same. The single wire signal regeneration transmitting apparatus is adapted to process the serial packet to sequentially output the signal segments, and after the single wire signal regeneration transmitting apparatus outputs the data field from a previously received signal segment, the single wire signal regeneration transmitting apparatus continues outputting the stuff time symbol until starting to process a next received signal segment received subsequent to a currently received signal segment in the received serial package.
H04L 25/24 - Relay circuits using discharge tubes or semiconductor devices
H04L 25/49 - Transmitting circuitsReceiving circuits using code conversion at the transmitterTransmitting circuitsReceiving circuits using predistortionTransmitting circuitsReceiving circuits using insertion of idle bits for obtaining a desired frequency spectrumTransmitting circuitsReceiving circuits using three or more amplitude levels
H04J 3/07 - Synchronising arrangements using pulse stuffing for systems with different or fluctuating information rates
H04L 7/04 - Speed or phase control by synchronisation signals
A light-emitting diode (LED) driving circuit includes a power factor correction (PFC) circuit and a driving controller. The PFC circuit controls a power factor of the LED driving circuit. The LED driving circuit includes an inductor, a switch, a current detection circuit, and a time detection circuit. The inductor senses an inductor current and provide energy to at least one LED. The switch connected to the inductor is conducted according to a driving signal. The current detection circuit connected to the switch detects inductor current information. The time detection circuit connected to the switch detects an energy discharging time during which the inductor current decrease from a peak value to zero. The driving controller connected to the switch, the current detection circuit, and the time detection circuit outputs the driving signal to the switch according to the voltage level and the energy discharging time.
H02M 7/5383 - Conversion of DC power input into AC power output without possibility of reversal by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode using devices of a triode or transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal using semiconductor devices only, e.g. single switched pulse inverters in a self-oscillating arrangement
A control circuit for reducing electromagnetic interference is provided. The control circuit includes a periodic signal generator and a modulation controller. The periodic signal generator adjusts a modulation periodic signal generated by the periodic signal generator, according to a feedback modulation signal. The modulation controller is coupled to the periodic signal generator, for receiving the modulation periodic signal, and adjusting a frequency of the received modulation periodic signal according to a plurality of delay periods set according to a plurality of control signals, and generating the feedback modulation signal.
H03K 3/02 - Generators characterised by the type of circuit or by the means used for producing pulses
H03L 7/00 - Automatic control of frequency or phaseSynchronisation
H04B 15/04 - Reducing interference from electric apparatus by means located at or near the interfering apparatus the interference being caused by substantially sinusoidal oscillations, e.g. in a receiver or in a tape-recorder
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Dynamic damper and lighting driving circuit comprising the dynamic damper
A dynamic damper in a lighting driving circuit for limiting an inrush current includes a damper circuit and a timing circuit comprising capacitor. The damper circuit is connected to the timing circuit. When an input voltage is provided to the dynamic damper, the capacitor begins to be charged and the capacitance-voltage of the capacitor rises. The damper circuit enters to a first working state and generates a dynamic damper resistor value. When the capacitance-voltage of the capacitor is greater than a first threshold voltage, the damper circuit enters to a second working state and the dynamic damper resistor value begins to decrease. When the capacitance-voltage of the capacitor is greater than a second threshold voltage, the damper circuit enters to a short-circuit state, and the dynamic damper resistor value decreases to zero to facilitate the normal work of the power source converter.
The disclosure provides a method for controlling an equivalent resistance of a converter. The method includes receiving a power source input signal, generating a first control signal according to a voltage level and a state of the power source input signal to adjust an equivalent resistance of the voltage conversion module and cause the voltage conversion module to operate in the damper mode or the converter mode, when the voltage conversion module operates in the converter mode converting the power source input signal to an output signal, and when the voltage conversion module operates in the damper mode detecting the voltage level or the current level of the power source input signal, and adjusting the equivalent resistance so that the voltage conversion module could operate in the bleeder mode or the converter mode to convert the power source input signal to the output signal.
H02M 5/42 - Conversion of AC power input into AC power output, e.g. for change of voltage, for change of frequency, for change of number of phases with intermediate conversion into DC by static converters
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Power factor-corrected resonant converter and parallel power factor-corrected resonant converter
A resonant converter with power factor correction includes a power-obtaining circuit, an energy-storage element and an energy-transferred circuit. The power-obtaining circuit is used for receiving an input line voltage. The energy-storage element is coupled between the power-obtaining circuit and the energy-transferred circuit. The energy-transferred circuit is used for generating an output power. In a first time period, based on a first control signal, the energy-storage element and the power-obtaining circuit operate a soft switching so that the energy-storage element is charged to obtain the input line power and generate an energy-storage voltage. In a second time period, based on a second control signal, the energy-storage element and the energy-transferred circuit operate a soft switching so that the energy-storage element is discharged to make the energy-storage voltage converted into the output power.
A driving circuit comprising a control unit, a current control unit, a pulse width modulation control unit and a current driving unit is described. The control unit provides a first control signal and a second control signal. The current control unit is connected to the control unit, and converts a reference current into a plurality of current setting signals based on a data signal and the first control signal. The pulse width modulation control unit is connected to the control unit and outputs a pulse signal based on the data signal and the second control signal. The current driving unit is connected to the pulse width modulation control unit and drives the light emitting diode based on a driving current, wherein the control unit generates a continuous conduction time in a predetermined operation period based on the pulse signal and the current setting signals.
An auto-selecting holding current circuit is applicable to a converter. A primary side of the converter has a Triode for Alternating Current (TRIAC) and a bleeder circuit. The auto-selecting holding current circuit includes a first sensor module, a second sensor module and a reference voltage selecting circuit. The first sensor module detects an input current drop time or an input voltage drop time to output a sense signal. The second sensor module receives a current detector signal and outputs a critical current signal to detect a holding-current value range of the TRIAC. The reference voltage selecting circuit outputs a reference current signal to the bleeder circuit, and the reference current signal corresponds to a holding-current value of the TRIAC. Therefore, the bleeder circuit maintains normal operation of the TRIACs with different holding-current values.
G05F 1/40 - Regulating voltage or current wherein the variable is actually regulated by the final control device is AC using discharge tubes or semiconductor devices as final control devices
An Alternating-current-Direct-current (AC-DC dual-use) Light Emitting Diode (LED) driving circuit includes an input power circuit, a buck-boost converter, and a Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) signal controller. The buck-boost converter, including a switching transistor and a feedback resistor, receives a current signal output from the input power circuit, and drives an LED with a driving signal. The PWM signal controller outputs a PWM signal according to the driving signal, so as to sequentially turn on and turn off the switching transistor. One end of the feedback resistor is coupled to the LED, and a floating ground terminal of the PWM signal controller is coupled to the switching transistor and the other end of the feedback resistor. Therefore, the AC-DC dual-use LED driving circuit is capable of dynamically adjusting the duty ratio of the PWM signal without connecting an external photocoupler.
G05F 1/00 - Automatic systems in which deviations of an electric quantity from one or more predetermined values are detected at the output of the system and fed back to a device within the system to restore the detected quantity to its predetermined value or values, i.e. retroactive systems
An adaptive bleeder circuit is applicable to a power converter, in which the power converter has a transformer primary side and a transformer secondary side, and the power converter enables input power to be selectively input or not input to the transformer primary side through a pulse-width-modulated signal. The adaptive bleeder circuit includes a switched bleeder circuit, and the bleeder circuit switch dynamically adjusts a turn on/off ratio (or referred to as duty ratio) of the switch element according to the TRIAC holding current and the converter input current of an alternating current (AC) TRIAC. When the input current is less than the holding current, the bleeder circuit increases conduction time ratio of the pulse-width-modulated signal, such that the input current recovers to the holding current to maintain normal conduction of the AC TRIAC.
A circuit regulator is used to generate a pulse-width-modulation signal, so as to control a power to be selectively input or not input to a primary side of a switching power supply. The circuit regulator includes a synchronous timing pulse generation circuit, outputs a starting pulse after performing signal process of time delay, timing pulse regulation, and synchronization control on a pulse-width-modulation signal and a discharging time signal of a secondary side, and accordingly effectively controls a pulse starting time of the pulse-width-modulation signal. Therefore, the synchronous timing pulse generation circuit can be applied to the circuit regulator, so as to further effectively prevent an inductor current of the switching power supply from entering a Continuous Conduction Mode (CCM).
H02M 3/335 - Conversion of DC power input into DC power output with intermediate conversion into AC by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode to produce the intermediate AC using devices of a triode or a transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal using semiconductor devices only
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Serial controller and bi-directional serial controller
A serial controller is adapted to receive an external clock and an input data, and output an inverted clock and an output data. The serial controller includes an inverter, a serial position detector, a synchronous clock generator, a serial register, and a half-cycle delay unit. Thereby, through the serial controller, the problem that the data signal and the driving clock are not synchronous when the clock series are inverted is avoided. Besides, a bi-directional serial controller further includes an identification unit and a data directing unit, and the serial controller is enabled to return the current status to a central control unit to serve as the reference for error detection.
A light emitting diode (LED) driving device outputs a driving signal according to a select signal, an update data, and an update command. The driving device includes a buffer circuit, a display data storage, and a signal generating circuit. The buffer circuit includes register series and a bypass register. The buffer circuit selectively stores the update data in the register series and the bypass register according to the update command. The display data storage stores multiple display data. The display data storage updates the display data by using the update data stored in the register series according to the update command. The signal generating circuit outputs the driving signal according to the display data. When the update data is stored in the bypass register, the clock of the update data passing through the driver is reduced.
An isolated primary circuit regulator is applied to a primary side of a transformer of a power supply. The isolated primary circuit regulator outputs a switching signal, and switches the transformer by using the switching signal, thereby stabilizing an output current. The isolated primary circuit regulator includes a discharge time detector, an oscillator, a pulse width modulator and a control circuit. The discharge time detector is used for detecting a discharge time of a switching current generated at a secondary side of the transformer. The oscillator is used for generating an oscillation signal. The control circuit is used for outputting an adjustment signal. The pulse width modulator outputs a switching signal according to the oscillation signal output by the oscillator and the adjustment signal output by the control circuit. The switching signal has a duty cycle and a frequency corresponding to the oscillation signal and the adjustment signal.
H02M 3/335 - Conversion of DC power input into DC power output with intermediate conversion into AC by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode to produce the intermediate AC using devices of a triode or a transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal using semiconductor devices only
A scan-type display device control circuit is suitable for receiving successive frame data and driving a light-emitting diode (LED) display device accordingly. The scan-type display device control circuit includes a ping-pong buffer, a data storage controller, a line scan controller, a display buffer, and a scrambled pulse width modulation (PMW) signal generating device. The scan-type display device control circuit can utilize frame data circularly and repeatedly, so as to prevent a great mass of data from being transmitted repeatedly. Therefore, a band width for inputting data can be reduced significantly. Furthermore, the scrambled PMW signal generating device can scramble a PMW signal with a long period into a plurality of scrambled PMW signals with a short period. Therefore, the refresh rate can be efficiently enhanced without changing the band width for inputting data.
A fixed frequency dimming method and fixed frequency dimming circuit for a light emitting module can control light emitting brightness of the light emitting module through a hysteresis control circuit. A voltage difference between an upper limit voltage and a lower limit voltage of a hysteresis width of the hysteresis control circuit is maintained at a fixed value, and a driving current flowing through the light emitting module is changed by changing the upper limit voltage or the lower limit voltage.
A single-stage isolated high power factor AC/DC converter with a leakage inductor energy recovery function includes a buck-boost circuit, for step-down or step-down a power supply; a transformer, electrically connected to the buck-boost circuit, for transforming the stepped-down or stepped-up power supply; a switch, electrically connected to the buck-boost circuit; an input capacitor, electrically connected to the buck-boost circuit; and an output circuit, for outputting the power supply transformed by the transformer. When the switch is cut off, the buck-boost circuit provides an energy recovery path to return energy stored in a leakage inductor of the transformer to the input capacitor. The energy stored in the leakage inductor of the transformer in a flyback converter or a forward converter is returned to the input capacitor through the energy recovery path. The problem caused by the leakage inductor of the transformer is solved without using any additional element.
H02M 3/335 - Conversion of DC power input into DC power output with intermediate conversion into AC by static converters using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode to produce the intermediate AC using devices of a triode or a transistor type requiring continuous application of a control signal using semiconductor devices only
H02M 3/22 - Conversion of DC power input into DC power output with intermediate conversion into AC
A light-emitting diode driving circuit includes an AC/DC converting circuit for converting an AC power source into a DC power source; a switching element having an input contact connected to the AC/DC converting circuit; a control unit for outputting a control signal to the switching element at a set frequency to turn on or turn off the switching element, wherein a first resistor is disposed between a power contact thereof and the input contact of the switching element; a second resistor for enabling the control unit to detect a half-cycle voltage of the DC power source; a capacitor having a first end connected to the power contact, and a second end connected to a ground contact of the control unit; and an inductor having a first end connected to the ground contact and the second end of the capacitor, and a second end connected to a light-emitting diode.
A photovoltaic circuit configured to supply an output current to a tank module is provided. The photovoltaic circuit comprises a photovoltaic transformation module, a first process module, a plurality of second process modules, and a first control module. The process modules are connected to each other in parallel. The process modules in the parallel connection are connected to the photovoltaic transformation module and the tank module in series. The first control module is connected to the first process module and generates a control signal to the process modules in response to a divided current, a modulation current, and a last output current generated by the first process module. Thereby, the process modules interlacedly output the corresponding modulation current as the output current supplied to the energy reserve module.
A powering circuit of an AC-DC converter, for converting a high AC input voltage into a low DC output voltage to provide a load voltage in a stable DC bias range, includes a rectifier, a sensing circuit, a control switching circuit, and a voltage regulating capacitor. The rectifier has a primary side coupled to an AC power supply and a secondary side for outputting a DC power supply. The sensing circuit compares the AC input voltage with a preset reference voltage, and turns on a second switch in the control switching circuit when the AC input voltage is lower than the reference voltage, thereby providing a low DC output voltage. The control switching circuit sustains the DC output voltage in a stable DC bias range. Therefore, in addition to reducing the power consumption of the second switch, this circuit structure is simple and can achieve the purpose of circuit integration.
H02M 7/04 - Conversion of AC power input into DC power output without possibility of reversal by static converters
H02M 7/68 - Conversion of AC power input into DC power outputConversion of DC power input into AC power output with possibility of reversal by static converters
A drive circuit for light emitting diode (LED) is provided, which is used to drive a plurality of LEDs to emit light. The LEDs are connected in series into a plurality of LED strings. The drive circuit includes a power converter, a detection circuit, and a report circuit. The power converter provides a driving voltage to the LED strings, and the detection circuit detects a string voltage of each LED string, and compares the string voltage with a default reference voltage, so as to determine whether the string voltage is different from the reference voltage (which indicates that the LED string is operated under a non-default state), and sends a detection signal to the report circuit. The report circuit receives the detection signal and outputs the control signal to the power converter, such that the power converter adjusts the driving voltage according to the control signal.
An illuminating device and a luminance switching device thereof for controlling luminance of light emitting states of LED light source are provided. The luminance switching device includes a changeover switch which is electrically connected to the luminance switching device for switching the light-emitting states of the LED light source and has switching modes corresponding to the light-emitting states, a detecting circuit for detecting the switching mode corresponding to the changeover switch, a memory unit for storing luminance values of the LED light source corresponding to the switching modes detected by the detecting circuit, converting the luminance values of the LED light source into a luminance control signal, and transmitting the luminance control signal to the detecting circuit, and a power conversion circuit for receiving the luminance control signal transmitted from the detecting circuit, such that the LED light source produces luminance of the light-emitting states corresponding to the switching modes.
G09G 3/32 - Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix using controlled light sources using electroluminescent panels semiconductive, e.g. using light-emitting diodes [LED]
