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| 20110266975 | ILLUMINATION CONTROLLER AND ILLUMINATION DRIVING SYSTEM - An illumination controller adapted to control a converting circuit to convert an electric power of a DC input power source to drive a light source is provided. The illumination controller includes a dimming unit and a control unit. The dimming unit receives a dimming signal and correspondingly generates a dimming control signal according to the number of the dimming signal. The control unit controls the electric power provided to the light source by the converting circuit according to the dimming control signal, so as to adjust a brightness of the light source. Furthermore, an illumination driving system is also provided. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110291575 | LED DRIVING CIRCUIT AND CONTROL CIRCUIT - A control circuit adapted to control a power converting circuit for stabilizing an output of the power converting circuit is provided. The control circuit includes a capacitor, a charging unit, a discharging unit, a feedback control unit, and a duty-cycle adjusting unit. The charging unit has a first current source coupled to the capacitor for charging the capacitor. The discharging unit is coupled to the capacitor for discharging the capacitor. The feedback control unit controls the charging unit to charge the capacitor according to a feedback signal which represents the output of the power converting circuit. The duty-cycle adjusting unit generates a control signal and adjusts a duty cycle of the control signal according to a voltage of the capacitor. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110291591 | DRIVING CIRCUIT AND CONTROL CIRCUIT - A driving circuit, comprising a power supply, a transistor unit and a feedback control circuit, is disclosed. The power supply is adaptor to provide an electric power to drive a load. The transistor unit comprises at least one load coupling end to couple to the load for adjusting an amount of current flowing through the load. The feedback control circuit controls an amount of the electric power provided by the power supply according to a voltage level of the least one load coupling end. Wherein, the feedback control circuit comprises an error amplifying circuit and a feedback control switch. The error amplifying circuit generates an error amplified signal according to the voltage level of the least one load coupling end, and the feedback control switch is coupled to an output of the error amplifying circuit and is switched between a turn-on state and a turn-off state based on a dimming signal. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20120007751 | DE-BOUNCE CIRCUIT - A de-bounce circuit is disclosed. The de-bounce circuit comprises a wave-shaping circuit, a filtering circuit and a trigger circuit. The wave-shaping circuit is adapted to shape a control signal and output a wave-shaping signal. The control signal may be generated from a mechanical switch. The filtering circuit charges/discharges a capacitor according to the wave-shaping signal, and determines whether to generate a judgment signal according to a voltage of the capacitor. The trigger circuit determines whether to generate an enable signal according to the number of times of the judgment signal. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120038391 | TRANSISTOR MODULE AND TRANSISTOR DRIVING MODULE - The present invention discloses a transistor driving module, coupling to a converting controller, to driving a high side transistor and a low side transistor connected in series, wherein one end of the high side transistor is coupled to an input voltage and one end of the low side transistor is grounded. The transistor driving module comprises a high side driving unit, a low side driving unit, a current limiting unit and an anti-short through unit. The high side driving unit generates a high side driving signal to turn the high side transistor on according to a duty cycle signal, and the low side driving unit generates a low side driving signal turn the low side transistor on according to the high side driving signal. The current limiting unit is coupled to the high side transistor and the high side driving unit, and generates a current limiting signal when a current flowing through the high side transistor higher than a current limiting value. The high side driving unit is stopped to generate the high side driving signal when receiving the current limiting value. The anti-short through unit is coupled to the high side driving unit and the low side driving unit to control the generations of the high side driving signal and the low side driving signal to have the timings of the high side driving signal and the low side driving signal non-overlapped. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120104967 | NON-LINEAR LOAD DRIVING CIRCUIT AND CONTROLLER - A non-linear load driving circuit and a controller for controlling a conversion circuit to drive a non-linear load are provided. The controller includes a feedback unit, a pulse width control unit, and an overshoot reduction unit. The feedback unit generates a feedback signal according to a current feedback signal that represents a load current flowing through the non-linear load. The pulse width control unit generates a control signal according to the feedback signal to control a power output of the conversion circuit. The overshoot reduction unit generates an overshoot reduction signal when the load current changes from being smaller than to being greater than a predetermined value according to the current feedback signal. The pulse width control unit receives the overshoot reduction signal and reduces the duty cycle of the control signal accordingly. Thereby, stability of feedback control is improved and damage to circuit is prevented. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120104968 | POWER CONVERTING CONTROLLER AND LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE DRIVING CIRCUIT - A power converting controller and an LED driving circuit are provided. The power converting controller controls a converting circuit, which converts an input power source into an appropriate power source to drive a load. The power converting controller includes a feedback control unit, an open-circuit judging unit and a protection unit. The feedback control unit controls the converting circuit according to a feedback signal representing the status of the load. As the open-circuit judging unit has judged that the load is continuously in an open-circuit status for a predetermined time length, the open-circuit judging unit generates an open-circuit protection signal. The protection unit is coupled to the feedback control unit and the open-circuit judging unit so as to generate a protection signal as receiving the open-circuit protection signal and thereby the feedback control unit enters a latch status to stop controlling the converting circuit. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120106008 | SPIKE SUPPRESSION CIRCUIT AND CONVERSION CONTROL CIRCUIT - A spike suppression circuit for filtering out voltage oscillation produced by an inductive component and a conversion control circuit are disclosed. The spike suppression circuit includes an energy release path and a detection circuit. One end of the energy release path is coupled to a connection terminal of a circuit, and the other end thereof is coupled to a reference voltage. The detection circuit is coupled to the connection terminal. The detection circuit has a high-pass component for turning on the energy release path when the voltage on the connection terminal has a high-frequency signal. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120106013 | CURRENT SENSE CIRCUIT AND BATTERY OVER-CURRENT PROTECTION CONTROLLER - A battery over-current protection controller includes a current sense circuit, a first pin coupled to one end of the current detection circuit, a second pin, and a third pin. The second pin and the third pin are respectively coupled to a positive end and a negative end of a battery module. The current sense circuit includes a reference voltage generation unit, a voltage dividing unit, and a comparison unit. The reference voltage generation unit is coupled between the second pin and the third pin to generate a reference voltage. The voltage dividing unit has one end coupled to the reference voltage to thereby generate a voltage dividing signal. The comparison unit receives the voltage dividing signal and a current detection signal indicative of a value of a current flowing through the current detection circuit to thereby generate an over-current protection signal when the current is greater than the predetermined current. | 05-03-2012 |
