Control circuit for light emitting diode arrangements

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8624510
APP PUB NO 20120217884A1
SERIAL NO

13372644

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A control circuit (1) for light emitting diode arrangements (11), used particularly for backlighting LC flat screens. The circuit has a plurality of control channels (5, 5′) in each of which one or more light emitting diode arrangements (11) are disposed. The circuit has a balancing device (23) which allows currents in the individual control channels (5, 5′) to be balanced. Each control channel (5, 5′) has a separate dimming device (13) through which a brightness of the light emitting diode arrangements (11) in this control channel (5, 5′) can be changed separately from the other control channels (5, 5′). For this purpose, the control circuit has a compensation device (16) which allows a flow of current in the individual control channels (5, 5′) to be balanced when the light emitting diodes have different brightnesses.

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MINEBEA CO LTDKITASAKU-GUN NAGANO 389-0293

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hoffmann, Hans Augsburg, DE 21 81
Raykhman, Mykhaylo Munich, DE 9 40
Schlenk, Manfred Augsburg, DE 14 85

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