Electronic circuit for driving LED strings so as to reduce the light flicker

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PATENT NO 9867245
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15421610

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LED strings cascaded to one another are driven by an electronic circuit that includes regulation modules and a brightness-compensation module. The regulation modules carry out in sequence a current-regulation phase, in which they regulate the current that flows in the corresponding LED strings. The regulation module includes: a compensation regulator coupled to a compensation LED string and to a capacitor and a generator that generates an electrical quantity indicating the luminous flux emitted by the LED strings and by the compensation LED string. The compensation regulator regulates a current that flows in the compensation LED string as a function of the electrical quantity, discharging the capacitor through the compensation LED string.

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STMICROELECTRONICS S R LITALY BRIANZA MONZA MONZA AND BRIANZA

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Crespi, Simone San Vero Milis, IT 4 9
Lena, Davide Turin, IT 8 53

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