EP1411751B1 - Steuerkreis für LEDs - Google Patents

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EP1411751B1
EP1411751B1 EP03103461A EP03103461A EP1411751B1 EP 1411751 B1 EP1411751 B1 EP 1411751B1 EP 03103461 A EP03103461 A EP 03103461A EP 03103461 A EP03103461 A EP 03103461A EP 1411751 B1 EP1411751 B1 EP 1411751B1
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Jozef P. E. De Krijger
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Marcel J. M. Bucks
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  • the invention relates to a circuit arrangement for operating a LED array and comprising
  • the invention also relates to a liquid crystal display unit and a back light for use in a liquid crystal display unit.
  • a circuit arrangement as mentioned in the opening paragraph is known.
  • the known circuit arrangement is in addition to the first and second LED driver equipped with a third LED driver comprising a third control loop for controlling the amount of light generated by a third part of the LEDs.
  • the first, second and third LED driver drive the red, green and blue LEDs respectively.
  • White light of different colors can be generated by the known circuit arrangement by adjusting the amounts of red, green and blue light generated by the LED array. Since each of the LED drivers is equipped with its own control loop for controlling the amount of generated light, a small decrease in the efficiency of the LEDs is compensated by the control loop by installing a slightly bigger duty cycle.
  • the efficiency of LEDs is very strongly influenced by temperature and by aging of the LEDs.
  • the duty cycle of the control signal of the switching means of the LED driver that drives the red LEDs can in practice often become equal to 100%.
  • the duty cycle is encoded as a binary figure in a memory, the memory can overflow resulting in instabilities such as flashing.
  • the duty cycle cannot increase to values higher 100%, a further decrease in the efficiency of the red LEDs results in an undesired color shift of the "white" light, since the LED array is not generating enough red light.
  • the invention aims to provide a circuit arrangement in which the disadvantages described hereabove are counteracted to a large extent.
  • a circuit arrangement as described in the opening paragraph is therefor according to the invention characterized in that the circuit arrangement is further equipped with a relative intensity control loop for limiting the duty cycles of the first and second control signal to a limit value by decreasing the values of the first and second reference signal by the same relative amount.
  • the relative intensity control loop in a circuit arrangement according to the invention limits the duty cycles of the control signals and thereby prevents flashing Additionally the relative intensity control loop preserves the ratio between the first and second reference signal values, since they are both decreased by the same relative amount. As a result the color of the light generated by the LED array does not change as a result of the limitation of one of the duty cycles, since the ratio between the reference signal vales and thus the ratio between the amount of light generated by the first part of the LEDs and the amount of light generated by the second part of the LEDs remains unchanged.
  • circuit arrangement is further equipped with
  • the relative intensity control loop comprises means for limiting the duty cycles of the first, second and third control signal to a limit value by decreasing the values of the first, second and third reference signal by the same relative amount.
  • This preferred embodiment is very suitable for use in the many applications in which white light is generated making use of a LED array comprising LEDs for generating red, green and blue light.
  • the relative intensity control loop ensures that the color of the light generated by the LED array is not affected by a strong decrease in the efficiency of (part of) the LEDs, the absolute intensity of the light may still vary very strongly as a result of such an efficiency decrease caused by e.g. changes in temperature. Such intensity variations can be suppressed by equipping the circuit arrangement with an absolute intensity control loop.
  • the relative intensity control loop comprises a first and a second circuit part, a comparator and a multiplier
  • the signal representing the actual light intensity is a signal representing the actual light intensity of the green light generated by the LED array.
  • the amount of green light approximately equals the amount of light that passes a CIE-Y filter. This latter amount is defined as the intensity in CIE.
  • a circuit arrangement according to the invention is very suitable for use in a back light that is used in a liquid crystal display unit comprising a LED array.
  • Fig. 1 shows a schematic diagram of an embodiment of a circuit arrangement according to the invention connected to a LED array.
  • LEDA is a LED array.
  • R, G and B are a first, second and third part of the LEDs respectively. During operation these parts R, G and B respectively generate red, green and blue light.
  • the parts R, G and B are connected respectively to current sources CS1, CS2 and CS3 by means of respectively switches S1 ,S2 and S3.
  • switches S1, S2 and S3 form respectively a first switching means, a second switching means and a third switching means.
  • SE1, SE2 and SE3 are sensors for sensing respectively the amount of light generated by the parts R, G and B of the LED array LEDA.
  • Output terminals of the sensors SE1, SE2 and SE3 are connected to respective first input terminals of comparators COMP1, COMP2 and COMP3.
  • the three comparators are represented by a single symbol with the reference COMP123.
  • Respective second input terminals of the comparators COMP1, COMP2 and COMP3 are connected to the output terminals of multipliers MULT1, MULT2 and MULT3 respectively.
  • the multipliers MULT1, MULT2 and MULT3 are shown in Fig. 1 as a single symbol with the reference MULT123.
  • Respective output terminals of the comparators COMP1, COMP2 and COMP3 are connected to respective input terminals of circuit parts CC1, CC2 and CC3.
  • Respective output terminals of circuit parts CC1, CC2 and CC3 are connected to input terminals of circuit parts CC'1, CC'2 and CC'3 respectively.
  • the output terminals of circuit parts CC'1, CC'2 and CC'3 are connected to respective control electrodes of switching elements S1, S2 and S3.
  • Circuit part CC1 and CC'1 together form a first control circuit for generating a first control signal for controlling the conductive state of the first switching means.
  • circuit parts CC2 and CC'2 together form a second control circuit for generating a second control signal for controlling the conductive state of the second switching means.
  • Circuit parts CC3 and CC'3 together form a third control circuit for generating a third control signal for controlling the conductive state of the third switching means.
  • CC1, CC2 and CC3 are circuit parts for generating a signal that respectively represents a duty cycle of the first control signal, a duty cycle of the second control signal and a duty cycle of the third control signal.
  • CC'1, CC'2 and CC'3 are circuit parts for generating control signals having a duty cycle corresponding to the signal present at their input. Again, circuit parts CC1, CC2 and CC3 are shown in Fig. 1 as a single symbol with the reference CC123 and circuit parts CC'1, CC'2 and CC'3 are shown as a single symbol with the reference CC'123.
  • circuit part I forms a first circuit part coupled to the control circuit of each of the LED drivers for sampling the duty cycles of the control signals and selecting the highest duty cycle.
  • An output of circuit part I is connected to a first input terminal of comparator COMP4.
  • Comparator COMP4 forms a first comparator coupled to the first circuit part for comparing the highest duty cycle with a reference signal representing a limit value of the duty cycle and for generating a first error signal depending on the outcome of the comparison.
  • An output terminal of comparator COMP4 is connected to an input terminal of circuit part II.
  • Circuit part II forms a second circuit part coupled to the first comparator for generating a parameter ⁇ depending on the first error signal.
  • An output terminal of circuit part II is connected to respective first input terminals of multipliers MULT1, MULT2 and MULT3.
  • First, second and third reference signals X1, Y1, Z1 representing respectively a level of the red, the green and the blue light are present during operation on respective second input terminals of multipliers MULT1, MULT2 and MULT3.
  • These signals can for instance be adjusted manually by a user or be generated by e.g. a microprocessor, depending on the application that the circuit arrangement is used in.
  • the output terminal of sensor SE2 is connected to a first input terminal of comparator COMP5.
  • a signal Y-set representing a desired intensity of the green light is present. Since the ratios between the intensities of red, green and blue light are controlled by the relative intensity control loop, the signal Y-set also represents a desired absolute intensity of the white light generated by the LED array LEDA. Again depending on the application this signal can for instance be manually adjustable by a user or generated by e.g. a microprocessor, depending on the application that the circuit arrangement is used in.
  • Comparator COMP5 forms a second comparator for comparing a signal representing the actual light intensity with a signal representing the desired light intensity and for generating a second error signal depending on the outcome of the comparison.
  • An output terminal of comparator COMP5 is connected to an input terminal of a circuit part III.
  • Circuit part III forms a circuit part for generating a fourth reference signal representing a limit value of the duty cycle.
  • An output terminal of circuit part III is connected to a second input terminal of comparator COMP4.
  • the switching elements S1, S2 and S3 are rendered conductive and nonconductive periodically and alternately by respectively the first, second and third control signal.
  • the amount current flowing through the parts R, G and B is controlled by (the duty cycles of) these control signals, as is the amount of red, green and blue light generated by them.
  • the amounts of red green and blue light are sensed by the sensors SE1, SE2 and SE3 respectively.
  • the signal X generated by sensor SE1 represents the actual amount of red light and is present at the first input terminal of comparator COMP1.
  • a signal is present that forms the first reference signal and represents a level of red light.
  • the comparator COMP1 generates an error signal at its output terminal that is also present at the input of circuit part CC1.
  • circuit part CC1 In dependency of this error signal, circuit part CC1 generates at its output terminal a signal that represents the duty cycle of the first control signal.
  • This signal is also present at the input terminal of circuit part CC'1 and circuit part CC'1 generates a first control signal that has a duty cycle D1 that is proportional to the signal at its input terminal.
  • the first control signal renders switching element S 1 alternately and periodically conducting and non-conducting.
  • the amount of red light is controlled at a level corresponding to the first reference signal by means of a first control loop formed by sensor SE1, comparator COMP1 and circuit part CC1.
  • the amount of green light is controlled at a level that corresponds to the signal present at the second input terminal of comparator COMP2 that forms the second reference signal.
  • the control loop controlling the amount of green light is formed by sensor SE2, comparator COMP2 and circuit part CC2.
  • the amount of blue light in turn is controlled at a level that corresponds to the signal present at the second input terminal of comparator COMP3 that forms the third reference signal.
  • the control loop controlling the amount of blue light is formed by sensor SE3, comparator COMP3 and circuit part CC3. In case the efficiency of the all the LEDs comprised in the LED array LEDA would be at a constant level, these three control loops alone would be able to control both the intensity of the light as well as its color in a satisfactory way.
  • the efficiency of LEDs depends strongly on e.g. temperature and life time. For instance an increase in temperature causes a comparatively large decrease in the efficiency of the red LEDs.
  • the first control loop would increase the duty cycle of the first control signal.
  • the efficiency of the red LEDs drops even further after the duty cycle of the first control signal has reached its maximum value, the intensity of the light generated by the LED array LEDA would decrease while the color of the light would show an undesirable shift. In addition, further undesirable effects such as flashing could result.
  • the occurrence of an undesirable color shift is prevented by means of a relative intensity control loop for limiting the duty cycles of the first, second and third control signal to a limit value by decreasing the values of the first, second and third reference signal by the same relative amount.
  • the relative intensity control loop is formed by circuit part I, first comparator COMP4, circuit part II and multipliers MULT1, MULT2 and MULT3.
  • circuit part I At the input terminals of circuit part I the signals generated by the circuit parts CC1, CC2 and CC3 and representing the duty cycles of the first second and third control signal are present.
  • Circuit part I generates an output signal equal to the biggest of its input signals. This signal is present at a first input terminal of first comparator COMP4.
  • a fourth reference signal representing a limit value of the duty cycle is present.
  • this fourth reference signal is generated by an absolute intensity control loop comprised in the circuit arrangement that will be further discussed. It should be appreciated, however, that in other embodiments of circuit arrangements according to the invention this absolute intensity control loop can be dispensed with and the fourth reference signal could for instance be a signal with a constant value. In such embodiments the color point of the light generated by the LED array LEDA is controlled but not its intensity.
  • the first comparator COMP4 generates a first error signal that is present at the input of the second circuit part II.
  • the second circuit part II generates a parameter ⁇ depending on the first error signal.
  • ⁇ has a value that is bigger than zero and smaller than or equal to 1.
  • Multipliers MULT1, MULT2 and MULT3 multiply the first, second and third reference signals (X1, Y1, Z1) that are present at their respective second input terminals by ⁇ . In case ⁇ is equal to 1, this multiplication does not change the values of the reference signals, and the value of the signal present at the second input terminal of each of the multipliers does not differ from the value of the signal present at its outputs.
  • each of the signals present at the second input terminal of each of the multipliers represents the reference signal
  • ⁇ is smaller than 1
  • this multiplication causes the value of the signal at the output terminal of each multiplier to be smaller than the value of the signal present at its second input terminal.
  • the signals present at the output terminals of the multipliers form the first, second and third reference signal.
  • a smaller value of ⁇ corresponds to smaller values of the reference signals and therefor to smaller duty cycles of the control signals. These duty cycles are thus limited by adjusting the parameter ⁇ .
  • the relative intensity control loop thus adjusts the value of ⁇ so that the duty cycle of each of the three control signals is smaller than or equal to the limit value represented by the fourth reference signal present at the second input terminal of first comparator COMP4.
  • the relative intensity control loop thus solves the problem of undesirable color shifts of the light when for instance the temperature changes.
  • the fourth reference signal present at the second input terminal of first comparator COMP4 can be a signal with a constant value (in other embodiments than the one shown in Fig. 1 ).
  • duty cycle limiting does not take place during normal operation.
  • ⁇ is equal to 1 and the duty cycles of the control signals are all smaller than the limit value represented by the constant reference signal present at the second input terminal of first comparator COMP4. Only when, for instance due a decrease in the efficiency of part of the LEDs caused by a temperature increase, the duty cycle of one of the control signals becomes equal to the limit value, ⁇ becomes smaller than 1 and duty cycle limiting takes place.
  • Fig. 1 is additionally equipped with an absolute intensity control loop, formed by second comparator COMP5 and third circuit part III.
  • the signal Y generated by sensor SE2 and representing the actual amount of green light is present at the first input terminal of second comparator COMP5.
  • a signal Y-set representing a desired amount of green light is present at a second input terminal. It is noted that the desired amount of green light represented by the signal Y-set is smaller than the signal Y1 present at the second input terminal of multiplier MULT2.
  • the second comparator COMP5 generates a second error signal in dependency of the outcome of the comparison of signal Y with signal Y-set.
  • This second error signal is present at the input terminal of the third circuit part III.
  • Circuit part III generates (in dependency of the second error signal) a fourth reference signal that is present at the second input terminal of the first comparator and that represents a limit value of the duty cycle.
  • the reference signal representing a limit value of the duty cycle is not a signal with a constant value, but a value that can be adjusted over a wide range by the circuit part III.
  • the second reference signal present at the output of multiplier MULT2 will be approximately equal to the signal Y-set.
  • Y1* ⁇ is approximately equal to Y-set.
  • Y-set is smaller than Y1, so that ⁇ is smaller than 1.
  • ⁇ is smaller than 1 means that "duty cycle limiting" is taking place during normal operation in the embodiment shown in Fig. 1 , and not only as a result of a strong temperature increase as is the case in embodiments in which the fourth reference signal representing the limit value of the duty cycle is a signal with a constant value.
  • the highest duty cycle of the control signals is controlled at a value substantially equal to the fourth reference signal..
  • the first control loop will increase the duty cycle of the first control signal.
  • the duty cycle of the first control loop is not the biggest duty cycle of the three control signals, nothing else will change.
  • the duty cycle of the first control signal has become the biggest duty cycle of all the three control signals, the duty cycle of the first control signal has become substantially equal to the limit value represented by the fourth reference signal.
  • a further increase in duty cycle of the first control signal is prevented by the relative intensity control loop.
  • the efficiency of the red LEDs further decreases, this does not result in an increase of the duty cycle of the first control signal but in a decrease of the dutycycles of the second and third control signal, since the relative intensity control loop strives to maintain the color point of the light generated by the LED array LEDA.
  • circuit part III will raise the reference signal to such an extent that the amount of green light is maintained at a constant level.
  • a constant amount of green light together with a constant color point of the white light means that the amount of white light is also constant.
  • the absolute intensity control loop can no longer keep the light intensity at a constant level in case the efficiency of the LEDs drops even further. The occurrence of such a situation is less likely when the value of the signal Y-set is chosen lower.
  • the value of Y-set is manually adjustable, it can be adjusted so, that the highest duty cycle of the three control signals is for instance equal to 95%, when the LED array LEDA is at the highest temperature that is reached in practical operating conditions. As a consequence the highest duty cycle will be lower at a lower temperature.
  • the circuit arrangement will be able to control both the intensity as well as the color temperature of the light generated by the LED array LEDA at constant values over the whole temperature range between ambient temperature and the highest temperature under practical operating conditions. As a consequence the intensity and the color temperature of the light are the same immediately after switch-on of the circuit arrangement and when the LED array LEDA has reached stationary operating conditions.

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  1. Schaltungsanordnung zum Betreiben einer LED-Anordnung, wobei diese Schaltungsanordnung Folgendes umfasst:
    - eine erste LED Treiberschaltung zum Liefern eines Stromes zu einem ersten Teil der LEDs in der LED Anordnung, wobei diese Treiberschaltung Folgendes umfasst:
    - ein erstes Schaltmittel zum Einstellen der dem ersten Teil der LEDs zugeführten Strommenge,
    - einen ersten Steuerkreis zum Erzeugen eines ersten Steuersignals zur Steuerung des leitenden Zustandes des ersten Schaltmittels,
    - eine erste Steuerschleife zur Steuerung der von dem ersten Teil der LEDs erzeugten Lichtmenge auf einem durch ein erstes Bezugssignal dargestellten Pegel, und zwar durch Einstellung des Arbeitszyklus des ersten Steuersignals,
    - eine zweite LED Treiberschaltung zum Liefern eines Stromes zu einem zweiten Teil der LEDs in der LED Anordnung, wobei diese zweite Treiberschaltung Folgendes umfasst:
    - ein zweites Schaltmittel zum Einstellen der dem zweiten Teil der LEDs zugeführten Strommenge,
    - einen zweiten Steuerkreis zum Erzeugen eines zweiten Steuersignals zur Steuerung des leitenden Zustandes des zweiten Schaltmittels,
    - eine zweite Steuerschleife zur Steuerung der von dem zweiten Teil der LEDs erzeugten Lichtmenge auf einem durch ein zweites Bezugssignal dargestellten Pegel, und zwar durch Einstellung des Arbeitszyklus des zweiten Steuersignals,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Schaltungsanordnung weiterhin mit einer Steuerschleife für die relative Intensität versehen ist, und zwar zur Begrenzung der Arbeitszyklen des ersten und des zweiten Steuersignals auf einen Grenzwert durch Verringerung der Werte des ersten und des zweiten Bezugssignals um den gleichen relativen Betrag, wobei die Steuerschleife der relativen Intensität Folgendes umfasst:
    - einen ersten mit dem Steuerkreis jeder der LED Treiberschaltungen gekoppelten Schaltungsteil zum Abtasten der Arbeitszyklen der Steuersignale und zum Wählen des höchsten Arbeitszyklus,
    - eine erste mit dem ersten Steuerteil gekoppelte Vergleichsschaltung zum Vergleichen des höchsten Arbeitszyklus mit einem vierten Bezugssignal, das einen Grenzwert des Arbeitszyklus darstellt und zum Erzeugen eines ersten von dem Ergebnis des Vergleichs abhängigen Fehlersignals,
    - einen zweiten mit der ersten Vergleichsschaltung gekoppelten Schaltungsteil zum Erzeugen eines von dem ersten Fehlersignal abhängigen Parameters λ,
    - einen mit dem zweiten Schaltungsteil sowie mit den LED Treiberschaltungen gekoppelten Multiplizierer zum Einstellen der Werte der Bezugssignale, die einen gewünschten Lichtpegel darstellen, durch Multiplikation derselben mit λ.
  2. Schaltungsanordnung nach Anspruch 1, wobei die Schaltungsanordnung weiterhin Folgendes umfasst:
    - eine dritte LED Treiberschaltung zum Liefern eines Stromes zu einem dritten Teil der LEDs in der LED Anordnung, wobei diese Treiberschaltung Folgendes umfasst:
    - ein drittes Schaltmittel zum Einstellen der dem dritten Teil der LEDs zugeführten Strommenge,
    - einen dritten Steuerkreis zum Erzeugen eines dritten Steuersignals zur Steuerung des leitenden Zustandes des dritten Schaltmittels,
    - eine dritte Steuerschleife zur Steuerung der von dem dritten Teil der LEDs erzeugten Lichtmenge auf einem durch ein drittes Bezugssignal dargestellten Pegel durch Einstellung des Arbeitszyklus des dritten Steuersignals,
    - und wobei die Steuerschleife der relativen Intensität Mittel aufweist zum Begrenzen der Arbeitszyklen des ersten, zweiten und dritten Steuersignals auf einen Grenzwert, und zwar durch Verringerung der Werte des ersten, zweiten und dritten Bezugssignals um den gleichen relativen Betrag.
  3. Schaltungsanordnung nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, wobei die Schaltungsanordnung weiterhin ,Informationsträger einer Steuerschleife der absoluten Intensität versehen ist.
  4. Schaltungsanordnung nach Anspruch 3, wobei die Steuerschleife der absoluten Intensität Folgendes umfasst:
    - eine zweite Vergleichsschaltung zum Vergleichen eines Signals, das die wirkliche Lichtintensität darstellt, mit einem Signal, das die gewünschte Lichtintensität darstellt und zum Erzeugen eines zweiten von dem Ergebnis des Vergleichs abhängigen Fehlersignals,
    - einen dritten zwischen der ersten und der zweiten Vergleichsschaltung vorgesehenen Schaltungsteil zum Erzeugen des vierten Bezugssignals, das einen Grenzwert des Arbeitszyklus darstellt.
  5. Schaltungsanordnung nach Anspruch 4, wobei das Signal, das die wirkliche Lichtintensität darstellt, ein Signal ist, das die wirkliche Lichtintensität des von der LED Anordnung erzeugten Lichtes darstellt.
  6. Hintergrundbeleuchtung zur Verwendung in einer Flüssigkristall-Wiedergabeeinheit mit einer LED Anordnung und einer Schaltungsanordnung nach den Ansprüchen 1 - 5.
  7. Flüssigkristall-Wiedergabeeinheit mit einer LED Anordnung und einer Schaltungsanordnung nach den Ansprüchen 1 - 5.
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