Overvoltage detection circuit with first and longer second response times

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10904977
APP PUB NO 20190306938A1
SERIAL NO

16380830

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A light emitting diode system allows for high current end user LED matrix applications while mitigating internal damage to control circuitry that may be caused by excess current flow. In one example, multiple switches operate in parallel across an LED. When an overvoltage condition is detected in a first switch, a logic circuit determines those switches programmed to operate in parallel and causes them to conduct current. This reduces the amount of current flowing through any one switch and mitigates harm to the device. The parallel configuration of switches may be driven by a single pulse width modulated current. This allows the drive current to be divided between parallel transistors, limiting the damaging effects that can be caused by high currents flowing through the transistors.

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TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDDALLAS TX

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Drake, Michael James Berthoud, US 2 6
Herrington, Daniel Ross Fort Collins, US 7 44
Kulkarni, Sumeet Prakash Munich, DE 3 11
Masson, James Harbison Boulder, US 2 6
Patterson, James Michael Lafayette, US 2 6
Yousefzadeh, Vahid Boulder, US 8 150

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