Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
315191000 | Convertible to parallel connected | 25 |
20090026972 | Light Emitting Unit and Lighting Apparatus - To provide a light emitting unit and a lighting apparatus capable of handling different voltages. | 01-29-2009 |
20110109235 | Expandable and controllable LED lighting strip - An expandable and controllable LED lighting strip is in the form of a transparent long strip having a plurality of LEDs, and includes a flexible printed circuit board with the LEDs spaced thereon by a predetermined distance. The circuit board is coated with a transparent waterproof protective layer and has a male and a female connector provided to two ends thereof, allowing two or more pieces of the LED lighting strips to serially connect end to end. A control chip is packaged on a reverse side of the circuit board for controlling the LEDs on the same circuit board to operate. The LED light strips can be wound into rolls for storage, and can be serially or parallelly connected to one another to form an LED matrix for widely applying to LED signboards, indicating illuminators, lighting curtains and other furniture to provide illumination or create special atmosphere. | 05-12-2011 |
20110163681 | Solid State Lamp Using Modular Light Emitting Elements - A solid state lamp, such as one that can replace an incandescent light bulb, has a base portion having an electrical connector for connection to a source of power, such as an Edison-type connector for connection to the mains voltage. An AC/DC converter in the base converts the mains voltage to a suitable light emitting diode (LED) drive voltage. A plurality of receptacles on the base connects to electrodes of plug-in modules. Each plug-in module supports a plurality of low power LEDs connected in series. The strings of LEDs on different modules are connected in parallel when connected to the receptacles. The modules and base are configured to allow a user to operate the lamp with different combinations of modules to generate a desired light output from the lamp. For example, the user can recreate the lumens equivalent of a 20 W, 40 W, or 60 W bulb by using one, two, or three modules. | 07-07-2011 |
20120161651 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - This disclosure discloses a light-emitting device. The light-emitting device is capable of receiving a periodic voltage signal comprising a first voltage signal and a second voltage signal. The light-emitting device comprises: a first light-emitting unit; a second light-emitting unit; and a first switching unit comprising at least three switches for receiving the periodic voltage signal. The at least three switches are electrically connected with the first and second light-emitting units such that the first and second light-emitting units are connected in parallel with each other in the first voltage signal, and are connected in series with each other in the second voltage signal. | 06-28-2012 |
20120299490 | LED CIRCUIT - There is provided an LED circuit. The LED circuit may include 2N+2 light emitting units connected between a 2K−1-th node and a 2K-th node among 4N+4 (N is a natural number) nodes including a first node supplied with input voltage (K is all natural numbers equal to or smaller than 2N+2); 2N+2 switches connected between a 2K-th node and a ground (K is all natural numbers equal to or smaller than 2N+2); 2N+1 switches connected between a 2L−1-th node and a 2L+1-th node and 2N+1 switches connected between a 2L-th node and a 2L+1-th node (L is all natural numbers equal to or smaller than 2N+1); and N switches connected between the first node and a 4M+1-th node (M is all natural numbers equal to or smaller than N). | 11-29-2012 |
20130127350 | RECONFIGURABLE LED ARRAYS AND LIGHTING FIXTURES - An optimum regulation method is disclosed for reconfigurable LED arrays used for general illumination applications. This document describes a reconfigurable LED array formed by connecting in series LED lamps and LED pairs capable of being reconfigured in either series or parallel. The performance deficiencies of previous solutions are solved by changing the voltage rating of the array through the reconfiguration of LED pairs. The simplicity of the concept can make practical the implementation of driverless LED lighting fixtures. | 05-23-2013 |
20130241423 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DRIVING LED-BASED LIGHTING UNITS - A plurality of switching units interleaves with a plurality of LED-based lighting units to configure the interconnection of the LED-based lighting units for providing multiple lighting modes. Each switching unit disposed between a leading lighting unit and a trailing lighting unit is separately controlled by a controller. The switching unit can be configured to connect the two LED-based lighting units in parallel or in series, or to bypass the leading LED-based lighting unit. All the LED-based lighting units are connected in series when an input voltage supply is at a maximum voltage level, and connected in parallel when the input voltage supply is at a minimum voltage level. As the input voltage level decreases, the number of LED-based lighting units connected in parallel increases, and vice versa. | 09-19-2013 |
20130328491 | ILLUMINATION APPARATUS AND POWER SUPPLY VOLTAGE MANAGEMENT METHOD THEREOF - An illumination apparatus includes a rectifier, a linear regulator, a lighting unit and a temperature sensing control circuit. The rectifier is connected to an AC supply voltage. The regulator is electrically connected to the rectifier and is adaptive to a first voltage. The lighting apparatus and the regulator form a circuit coupled to the AC power supply. The lighting unit has first and second loads having respective first and second lighting components adaptive to the first voltage. The control circuit can effectively sense the temperature of the regulator and thereby determines whether the first and second load are connected in series or in parallel. If the supply voltage is the first voltage, the first and second load is connected in parallel. If the supply voltage is a second voltage greater than the first voltage, the temperature sensing control circuit switches the first and second load to be connected in series. | 12-12-2013 |
20140159593 | APPARATUS HAVING UNIVERSAL STRUCTURE FOR DRIVING A PLURALITY OF LED STRINGS - An apparatus comprises a plurality of controllable LED strings interposed with a plurality of switching units with each switching unit being connected between a leading controllable LED string and a trailing controllable LED string. A controller controls the switching units so that controllable LED strings are connected in a combination of series and parallel connections by connecting two adjacent leading and trailing controllable LED strings in series or parallel or by-passing the leading controllable LED string based on an automatically detected input voltage range. Each controllable LED string includes a plurality of LEDs connected in series between positive and negative ends of the controllable LED string and a plurality of controlling switches each corresponding to an LED. The number of LEDs connected in series in each controllable LED string is further adjusted by the controller as the input voltage varies with time. | 06-12-2014 |
20140175996 | LED LIGHTING APPARATUS WITH IMPROVED TOTAL HARMONIC DISTORTION IN SOURCE CURRENT - The LED lighting apparatus includes: a rectification block; an LED block including a first light emitting group and a second light emitting group; a charging/discharging block configured to charge electric charges in a charging period, and discharge electric charges in a discharging period; a driving control unit configured to determine a voltage level of a rectified voltage, controls a path selection switch to connect the rectification block to the LED block and controls the charging/discharging block to charge electric charges in the charging period, and controls the path selection switch to connect the rectification block to a ground and controls the charging/discharging block to discharge electric charges from the charging/discharging block to the LED block in the discharging period; and a path selection switch configured to connect the rectification block to the LED block in the charging period, and connect the rectification block to the ground in the discharging period. | 06-26-2014 |
20140197749 | AC LED LIGHTING APPARATUS USING VOLTAGE EDGE DETECTOR - An AC LED lighting apparatus using a voltage edge detector is provided. The AC LED lighting apparatus includes: a rectification unit configured to rectify an AC voltage to output a DC rectified voltage; an LED unit including a first light emitting group and a second light emitting group each including at least one LED; and an LED driving control unit configured to control a serial/parallel connection relationship between the first light emitting group and the second light emitting group by comparing a voltage level of the rectified voltage input from the rectification unit with a reference voltage. The LED driving control unit sets the reference voltage by detecting a slope of the rectified voltage and simultaneously detecting the voltage level of the rectified voltage and the detected slope of the rectified voltage. | 07-17-2014 |
20150022102 | Omni Voltage Direct Current Power Supply - A battery operated LED lighting apparatus including: a battery outputting a battery voltage; a light emitting diode or array of light emitting diodes; and a power supply including a boost regulating circuit. The power supply being in communication with the battery and the light emitting diodes such that a constant voltage or constant current is supplied to the light emitting diodes as the battery discharges and the battery voltage falls below the output voltage. In a preferred embodiment the power supply further includes a buck regulator to maintain the proper output voltage when the battery voltage is greater than the output voltage. | 01-22-2015 |
20150102738 | AC LED ARRAY CONFIGURATION SWITCHING CIRCUIT TRIGGERED BY SOURCE VOLTAGE LEVEL - An LED lighting circuit where the configuration of the connection of two or more LEDs are changed from parallel to series through the use of solid state switches depending on whether the voltage level from an AC source measured by a voltage detector exceeds the sum of the forward voltages of the LEDs. Also, a method of activating LEDs in an LED array lighting apparatus involving applying a rectified alternating current to two or more LEDs, each LED having a forward bias voltage; comparing the rectified alternating current to the sum of the forward bias voltages of the two or more LEDs; and changing the circuit configuration of the two or more LEDs between a parallel connection and a series connection with respect to the rectified alternating current depending on whether the rectified alternating current exceeds the sum of the forward bias voltages of the two or more LEDs. | 04-16-2015 |
20150115815 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - A light emitting device includes a rectifier circuit, a mutual inductance device coupled to the rectifier circuit, an energy-storing capacitor coupled to a common node of a primary winding and a secondary winding of the mutual inductance device, a light emitting unit coupled to the mutual inductance device, a switch unit coupled to the light emitting unit, and a control circuit. The control circuit is coupled to the energy-storing capacitor and controls operation of the switch unit according to a voltage across the energy-storing capacitor. | 04-30-2015 |
20150341997 | LIGHTING DEVICE - Disclosed is a light emitting device having a configuration that, when a magnitude of an input voltage is greater than a minimum light emitting voltage, all light emitting devices are turned on regardless of the magnitude of the voltage. As the magnitude of the voltage is smaller, the light emitting devices are connected in parallel. As the magnitude of the voltage is greater, the light emitting devices are serially connected. | 11-26-2015 |
20160014860 | LIGHTING DEVICE AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE | 01-14-2016 |
20160037601 | BACKLIGHT DEVICE - A backlight device that achieves high efficiency for a plurality of input voltages includes: a converter circuit; a first light-emitting element column and a second light-emitting element column each including one or more light-emitting elements connected in series; and a group of switches configured to control electrical connection between the converter circuit, the first light-emitting element column and the second light-emitting element column, wherein the group of switches are switched between a plurality of connection states including a first connection state in which the first light-emitting element column and the second light-emitting element column are in series and connected with the converter circuit and a second connection state in which the first light-emitting element column and the second light-emitting element column are in parallel and connected with the converter circuit. | 02-04-2016 |
20160050730 | Apparatus for Driving Light Emitting Diode Having A Current Switch - An apparatus for driving LEDs. The apparatus that drives a first LED unit having at least one LED and second LED unit connected to the first LED unit and having at least one LED comprises a rectifying unit for rectifying an AC power source connected to the first LED unit, a first current detector connected between the rectifying unit and the first LED unit and having its operation state changed depending on a level of current flowing through the first LED unit, a second current detector connected between the rectifying unit and the second LED unit and having its operation state changed depending on a level of current flowing through the second LED unit, and a reverse current protector connected between the first and second current detectors for providing a path to connect the first and second LED units in series. | 02-18-2016 |
20160066381 | LED LIGHTING DEVICE - Lighting and/or display device with low-voltage individual lighting components such as a light-emitting diode, characterized in that it comprises a plurality of individual modules ( | 03-03-2016 |
20160135261 | LED DRIVING DEVICE FOR DYNAMIC SEGMENT CONFIGURATIONS AND THE LED LIGHTING APPARATUS THEREOF - The invention discloses an LED driving device for dynamic segment configurations and the LED lighting apparatus thereof, wherein, the said LED driving device includes a first adjustable LED lamp string unit, a first N-type switch module, at least one second adjustable LED lamp string unit, one unidirectional conduction unit, one P-type switch module, one second N-type switch module, control logic module and current detection module; the control logic module outputs control signals, based on output voltage changes from the bridge rectifier, to control the on and off states of the first adjustable LED lamp string unit, the adjustable LED lamp string module, the P-type switch module, the first and second N-type switch module, also it adjusts the parallel and serial connection states of the first and second adjustable LED lamp string units dynamically. The invention adopts the dynamically configuring technology, improving the lighting effects and the utilization of LED lamps. | 05-12-2016 |
20160150610 | DUAL MODE OPERATION LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE LIGHTING DEVICE HAVING MULTIPLE DRIVING STAGES - An LED lighting device includes first and second luminescent units, first and second current controllers, a line voltage sensing unit and a mode control unit. The first current controller with a first current setting is selectively coupled to the first luminescent unit according to a sensing voltage associated a range of the rectified AC voltage. The second current controller with a second current setting is coupled in series to the second luminescent unit . The line voltage sensing unit is configured to detect the sensing voltage. The mode control unit is configured to operate the LED lighting device in a first driving mode when detecting that the rectified AC voltage is within a first AC range and operate the LED lighting device in a second driving mode when detecting that the rectified AC voltage is within a second AC range. | 05-26-2016 |
20160174315 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE CIRCUIT | 06-16-2016 |
20160205734 | LED LIGHTING DEVICE USING AC POWER SUPPLY | 07-14-2016 |
20190150238 | Ballast independent retrofit LED lamp with flicker reduction circuitry | 05-16-2019 |
20220141934 | AN LED DRIVER FOR LED LIGHITNG UNITS FOR REPLACING A HIGH-INTENSITY DISCHARGE LAMP - An LED driver that is operable with two different types of power source originally designed for a high-intensity discharge lamp. The LED driver directs current of an input power provided by the power source down a first current path if it is determined that the power source comprises a functional ignitor. The LED driver directs current of an input power provided by the power source down a second current path if it is determined that the 5 power source does not comprise a functional ignitor. | 05-05-2022 |