Method and apparatuses for regulating the output voltage of a voltage regulator

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17605613

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A method supplies a lighting device with electrical energy, wherein the lighting device includes at least two integrated circuits with at least one LED group by a current source associated with this LED group. The method includes generating a supply voltage by a voltage regulator, adjusting a LED group current passing the LED groups by one of the respective current sources , detecting the voltage drops across the current sources, selecting one voltage drop of each integrated circuit as a characteristic voltage drop, generating a control value of the respective integrated circuit, according to the characteristic voltage drop, reducing the control voltage when the control voltage is greater than a control value of the respective integrated circuit, and controlling the output voltage in accordance with the control voltage and/or in accordance with a control bus voltage derived from the control voltage.

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ELMOS SEMICONDUCTOR SEHEINRICH-HERTZ STR 1 DORTMUND 44227

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Geistert, Thomas Warstein, DE 3 6
Krieger, Andre′ Berlin, DE 1 0
Leitner, Carsten Berlin, DE 3 6
Schmitz, Christian Castrop-Rauxel, DE 43 372

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