GB2436404B - Driver apparatus and method - Google Patents

Driver apparatus and method

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Publication number
GB2436404B
GB2436404B GB0625574A GB0625574A GB2436404B GB 2436404 B GB2436404 B GB 2436404B GB 0625574 A GB0625574 A GB 0625574A GB 0625574 A GB0625574 A GB 0625574A GB 2436404 B GB2436404 B GB 2436404B
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Prior art keywords
driver apparatus
driver
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GB0625574A
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GB0625574D0 (en
GB2436404A (en
GB2436404A8 (en
Inventor
Colin Steele
Catherine Ann Hearne
David Paul Singleton
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Cirrus Logic International UK Ltd
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Wolfson Microelectronics PLC
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Priority to GB0804150A priority Critical patent/GB2452791B/en
Publication of GB0625574D0 publication Critical patent/GB0625574D0/en
Priority to TW096124764A priority patent/TWI400936B/en
Priority to US11/822,830 priority patent/US7884558B2/en
Priority to PCT/GB2007/002652 priority patent/WO2008007121A1/en
Publication of GB2436404A publication Critical patent/GB2436404A/en
Publication of GB2436404A8 publication Critical patent/GB2436404A8/en
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02H—EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS
    • H02H9/00—Emergency protective circuit arrangements for limiting excess current or voltage without disconnection
    • H02H9/001—Emergency protective circuit arrangements for limiting excess current or voltage without disconnection limiting speed of change of electric quantities, e.g. soft switching on or off
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N1/00—Scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission; Details thereof
    • H04N1/46—Colour picture communication systems
    • H04N1/48—Picture signal generators
    • H04N1/482—Picture signal generators using the same detector device sequentially for different colour components
    • H04N1/484—Picture signal generators using the same detector device sequentially for different colour components with sequential colour illumination of the original
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02H—EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS
    • H02H11/00—Emergency protective circuit arrangements for preventing the switching-on in case an undesired electric working condition might result
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02H—EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS
    • H02H9/00—Emergency protective circuit arrangements for limiting excess current or voltage without disconnection
    • H02H9/005—Emergency protective circuit arrangements for limiting excess current or voltage without disconnection avoiding undesired transient conditions
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02H—EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS
    • H02H9/00—Emergency protective circuit arrangements for limiting excess current or voltage without disconnection
    • H02H9/02—Emergency protective circuit arrangements for limiting excess current or voltage without disconnection responsive to excess current
    • H02H9/025—Current limitation using field effect transistors
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B45/00—Circuit arrangements for operating light-emitting diodes [LED]
    • H05B45/20—Controlling the colour of the light
    • H05B45/22—Controlling the colour of the light using optical feedback
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B45/00—Circuit arrangements for operating light-emitting diodes [LED]
    • H05B45/30—Driver circuits
    • H05B45/395—Linear regulators
    • H05B45/397—Current mirror circuits
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B45/00—Circuit arrangements for operating light-emitting diodes [LED]
    • H05B45/10—Controlling the intensity of the light
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B45/00—Circuit arrangements for operating light-emitting diodes [LED]
    • H05B45/30—Driver circuits
    • H05B45/32—Pulse-control circuits
    • H05B45/325—Pulse-width modulation [PWM]
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02B—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS
    • Y02B20/00—Energy efficient lighting technologies, e.g. halogen lamps or gas discharge lamps
    • Y02B20/30—Semiconductor lamps, e.g. solid state lamps [SSL] light emitting diodes [LED] or organic LED [OLED]

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Power Engineering (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Led Devices (AREA)
  • Circuit Arrangement For Electric Light Sources In General (AREA)
  • Facsimile Scanning Arrangements (AREA)
GB0625574A 2006-07-14 2006-12-21 Driver apparatus and method Active GB2436404B (en)

Priority Applications (4)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB0804150A GB2452791B (en) 2006-07-14 2006-12-21 Light source array and method
TW096124764A TWI400936B (en) 2006-07-14 2007-07-06 Driver apparatus and method
US11/822,830 US7884558B2 (en) 2006-07-14 2007-07-10 Driver apparatus and method
PCT/GB2007/002652 WO2008007121A1 (en) 2006-07-14 2007-07-13 Driver apparatus and method

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GBGB0614096.6A GB0614096D0 (en) 2006-07-14 2006-07-14 Led driver

Publications (4)

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GB0625574D0 GB0625574D0 (en) 2007-01-31
GB2436404A GB2436404A (en) 2007-09-26
GB2436404A8 GB2436404A8 (en) 2007-10-02
GB2436404B true GB2436404B (en) 2009-02-25

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GBGB0614096.6A Ceased GB0614096D0 (en) 2006-07-14 2006-07-14 Led driver
GB0625574A Active GB2436404B (en) 2006-07-14 2006-12-21 Driver apparatus and method
GB0804150A Expired - Fee Related GB2452791B (en) 2006-07-14 2006-12-21 Light source array and method
GB0625573A Active GB2440186B (en) 2006-07-14 2006-12-21 Protection circuit and method

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GBGB0614096.6A Ceased GB0614096D0 (en) 2006-07-14 2006-07-14 Led driver

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GB0804150A Expired - Fee Related GB2452791B (en) 2006-07-14 2006-12-21 Light source array and method
GB0625573A Active GB2440186B (en) 2006-07-14 2006-12-21 Protection circuit and method

Country Status (2)

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TW (2) TWI386104B (en)

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Publication number Publication date
GB2452791A (en) 2009-03-18
GB0625573D0 (en) 2007-01-31
GB0614096D0 (en) 2006-08-23
TWI386104B (en) 2013-02-11
GB2440186B (en) 2011-05-18
GB2440186A (en) 2008-01-23
GB0625574D0 (en) 2007-01-31
GB2436404A (en) 2007-09-26
GB2452791B (en) 2009-09-16
TW200824492A (en) 2008-06-01
TWI400936B (en) 2013-07-01
TW200806007A (en) 2008-01-16
GB2436404A8 (en) 2007-10-02
GB0804150D0 (en) 2008-04-09

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