Electronic apparatus and control method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11910499-B2
Application number	US-202217575281-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 13, 2022
Priority date	Apr 19, 2021
Publication date	Feb 20, 2024
Grant date	Feb 20, 2024

Abstract

An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus includes: a plurality of LED arrays disposed in parallel, a first sensing inductor connected to a first LED array of the plurality of LED arrays in series, a first auxiliary inductor disposed adjacent to the first sensing inductor, a second sensing inductor connected to a second LED array of the plurality of LED arrays in series, a second auxiliary inductor disposed adjacent to the second sensing inductor, a variable resistance connected to the plurality of LED arrays and configured to adjust an amount of a current flowing to the plurality of LED arrays according to a resistance value, and an LED driver configured to, based on at least one of a first induced voltage generated on the first auxiliary inductor or a second induced voltage generated in the second auxiliary inductor being a threshold voltage or more, identify that an error occurs in at least one of the first LED array or the second LED array, and adjust the resistance value of the variable resistance based on the identified result.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:
a plurality of light emitting diode (LED) arrays disposed in parallel;
a first sensing inductor connected to a first LED array of the plurality of LED arrays in series;
a first auxiliary inductor disposed adjacent to the first sensing inductor;
a second sensing inductor connected to a second LED array of the plurality of LED arrays in series;
a second auxiliary inductor disposed adjacent to the second sensing inductor;
a variable resistance connected to the plurality of LED arrays and configured to adjust an amount of a current flowing to the plurality of LED arrays according to a resistance value; and
an LED driver configured to, based on at least one of a first induced voltage generated on the first auxiliary inductor or a second induced voltage generated on the second auxiliary inductor being a threshold voltage or more, identify that an error occurs in at least one of the first LED array or the second LED array, and adjust the resistance value of the variable resistance based on the identified result.

2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the LED driver is configured to, based on the identification that an error occurs in at least one of the first LED array or the second LED array, increase the resistance value of the variable resistance.

3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the first sensing inductor and the second sensing inductor comprise primary coils,
each of the first auxiliary inductor and the second auxiliary inductor comprise a secondary coil disposed adjacent to a corresponding primary coil,
a threshold voltage corresponding to the first induced voltage is determined based on a turns ratio of a number of turns of the first sensing inductor to a number of turns of the first auxiliary inductor, and
a threshold voltage corresponding to the second induced voltage is determined based on a turns ratio of a number of turns of the second sensing inductor to a number of turns of the second auxiliary inductor.

4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the LED driver is configured to, based on the identification that an error occurs in any one of the first LED array or the second LED array, adjust a voltage applied to another one of the first LED array or the second LED array to be less than the threshold voltage by increasing the resistance value of the variable resistance.

5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the LED driver is configured to, based on the identification that an error occurs in any one of the first LED array or the second LED array based on the identified result, convert a power supply mode for another one of the first LED array or the second LED array from a quasi-resonant (QR) mode to a continuous current mode (CCM).

6. The electronic apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the LED driver is configured to increase a duty ratio of a pulse width modulation (PWM) current applied to the other one of the first LED array or the second LED array in the CCM mode.

7. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a first switch disposed between the first LED array and the first sensing inductor;
a second switch disposed between the second LED array and the second sensing inductor; and
a third switch disposed between the first sensing inductor and the second sensing inductor,
wherein the LED driver is configured to:
based on the identification that an error occurs in the first LED array based on the identified result, connect the first sensing inductor, the second sensing inductor, and the second LED array in series by controlling the first switch and the third switch, and
based on the identification that an error occurs in the second LED array based on the identified result, connect the first sensing inductor, the second sensing inductor, and the first LED array in series by controlling the second switch and the third switch.

8. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of first LEDs included in the first LED array and a plurality of second LEDs included in the second LED array are disposed alternately.

9. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of LED arrays, the sensing inductor and the auxiliary inductor corresponding to each of the plurality of LED arrays, and the variable resistance are included in an LED circuit, and
a resistance value of the LED circuit is adjusted according to the adjustment of the resistance value of the variable resistance.

10. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the LED driver is configured to: identify the number of LED arrays in which an error occurs among the plurality of LED arrays, and
adjust the resistance value of the variable resistance to correspond to the identified number.

11. A method for controlling an electronic apparatus comprising a plurality of light emitting diode (LED) arrays disposed in parallel, a first sensing inductor connected to a first LED array of the plurality of LED arrays in series, and a second sensing inductor connected to a second LED array in series, the method comprising:
based on at least one of a first induced voltage generated on a first auxiliary inductor disposed adjacent to the first sensing inductor or a second induced voltage generated on a second auxiliary inductor disposed adjacent to the second sensing inductor being a threshold voltage or more, identifying that an error occurs in at least one of the first LED array or the second LED array; and
adjusting a resistance value of a variable resistance connected to the plurality of LED arrays and adjusting an amount of a current flowing to the plurality of LED arrays according to the resistance value based on the identified result.

12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the adjusting comprises, based on the identification that an error occurs in at least one of the first LED array or the second LED array, increasing the resistance value of the variable resistance.

13. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the first sensing inductor and the second sensing inductor comprise primary coils,
each of the first auxiliary inductor and the second auxiliary inductor comprise a secondary coil disposed adjacent to a corresponding primary coil,
a threshold voltage corresponding to the first induced voltage is determined based on a turns ratio of a number of turns of the first sensing inductor to a number of turns of the first auxiliary inductor, and
a threshold voltage corresponding to the second induced voltage is determined based on a turns ratio of the number of turns of the second sensing inductor to the number of turns of the second auxiliary inductor.

14. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the adjusting comprises, based on the identification that an error occurs in any one of the first LED array or the second LED array, adjusting a voltage applied to another one of the first LED array or the second LED array to be less than the threshold voltage by increasing the resistance value of the variable resistance.

15. The method according to claim 11 , further comprising:
based on the identification that an error occurs in any one of the first LED array or the second LED array based on the identified result, converting a power supply mode for one of the first LED array or the second LED array from a quasi-resonant (QR) mode to a continuous current mode (CCM).

16. The method according to claim 15 , further comprising:
increasing a duty ratio of a pulse width modulation (PWM) current applied to the ot

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Won Junhyun
• Lee Jiwon
• Joo Sungyong
• You Taejun

Classifications

• H10W90/00

  Package configurations · CPC title

• H10H29/14

  comprising multiple light-emitting semiconductor components · CPC title

• H05B45/10 Primary

  Controlling the intensity of the light · CPC title

• H01L27/153

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H05B45/30

  Driver circuits · CPC title