System for regulating the minimum output current of an LED dimming power supply

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10172200-B2
Application number	US-201815954348-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 16, 2018
Priority date	Apr 19, 2017
Publication date	Jan 1, 2019
Grant date	Jan 1, 2019

Abstract

A system for regulating the minimum output current of an LED dimming power supply, comprising: an initial value setting module, a data detection module, a data processing module, an output adjustment module, a DC/DC current output module electrically connected with the output adjustment module, a regulated load connected in series at the output of the DC/DC current output module, and an output regulation module. The present invention is capable of utilizing those modules mentioned above to make the regulated load modularization and standardization. It means that the resistance of the regulated load is designed to a standard value, and the regulated load is set in a standard module, when the batches of LED dimming power supply need to regulate the minimum output current. The output of the LED dimming power supply are electrically connected to the standard module provided with the regulated load to complete the setting of the minimum output current of the LED dimming power supply, so as to avoid human error caused by manual calibration.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A system for regulating the minimum output current of an LED dimming power supply, comprising:
an initial value setting module,
a data detection module,
a data processing module,
an output adjustment module,
a DC/DC current output module electrically connected with the output adjustment module, a regulated load connected in series at the output of the DC/DC current output module, and
an output regulation module,
the initial value setting module being configured to preset a threshold value of a minimum output rated current of the LED dimming power supply and tune a control signal output by the output adjustment module that controls an output value of the DC/DC current output module to the minimum, the data detection module being configured to detect a load current flowing through the regulated load, the data processing module being configured to compare the load current with the threshold value and output a comparison result, the output adjustment module being configured to adjust the output control signal according to the output result of the data processing module, while the load current is less than the threshold value, in order to adjust the output voltage of the DC/DC current output module, and make sure that the current value on the regulated load is equal to the threshold value, the DC/DC current output module being configured to convert an input DC constant voltage into a DC constant current, and the output regulation module being configured to regulate the output value of the control signal of the output adjustment module when the load current is equal to the threshold value by adjusting the control signal of the output adjustment module.

2. The system for regulating the minimum output current of an LED dimming power supply as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the output current value of the DC/DC current output module is greater than or equal to the threshold value.

3. The system for regulating the minimum output current of an LED dimming power supply as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the regulated load is a resistor.

4. The system for regulating the minimum output current of an LED dimming power supply as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the resistance of the resistor is greater than 200 ohms.

5. The system for regulating the minimum output current of an LED dimming power supply as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the initial value setting module, the data detection module and the data processing module are integrated in a microcontroller, and the microcontroller performs its function.

6. The system for regulating the minimum output current of an LED dimming power supply as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the output signal of the output adjustment module is a PWM signal.

7. The system for regulating the minimum output current of an LED dimming power supply as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the output adjustment module is integrated in a microcontroller, and the microcontroller performs its function.

8. The system for regulating the minimum output current of an LED dimming power supply as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the LED dimming power supply comprises the initial value setting module, the data detection module, the data processing module, the output adjustment module, and the DC/DC current output module electrically connected with the output adjustment module.

9. The system for regulating the minimum output current of an LED dimming power supply as claimed in claim 1 , wherein when the load current is greater than the threshold value, the LED dimming power supply is a non-qualified product.

Assignees

• Self Electronics Co Ltd
• Lin Wanjiong
• Self Electronics Usa Corp

Inventors

• You Xiaobo
• Zou Xuejun

Classifications

• H05B45/14

  using electrical feedback from LEDs or from LED modules · CPC title

• H05B33/0848

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H05B33/0815 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H05B33/0845

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H05B45/20

  Controlling the colour of the light · CPC title