Light emitting device power supply circuit with dimming function and control circuit thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9119254-B2
Application number	US-201414567825-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 11, 2014
Priority date	Dec 16, 2013
Publication date	Aug 25, 2015
Grant date	Aug 25, 2015

Abstract

The present invention provides a light emitting device power supply circuit with dimming function and a control circuit thereof. The light emitting device power supply circuit includes: a phase-cut dimming circuit, a rectifier circuit, a transformer circuit, and a control circuit. The transformer circuit includes an auxiliary winding, which is coupled to a primary winding, for generating a bleeder current to keep a conduction current higher than a holding current and prevent the phase-cut dimming circuit from turning OFF when the phase-cut dimming circuit operates in conductive phase. The control circuit includes a waveform analysis circuit, a bleeder current control circuit, and a bleeder current source. The bleeder current source includes a linear regulator or a variable current source. The bleeder current source controls the bleeder current so that the bleeder current is generated in a continuous and non-switching manner within the conductive phase.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A light emitting device power supply circuit with dimming function, comprising:
a phase-cut dimming circuit, for converting an AC voltage to an AC dimming voltage, wherein the AC dimming voltage has a non-conductive phase and a conductive phase;
a rectifier circuit, which is coupled to the phase-cut dimming circuit, for generating a rectified dimming voltage according to the AC dimming voltage;
a transformer circuit, which is coupled to the rectifier circuit, including:
a primary winding, which is connected to the rectifier circuit and a power switch in series, for receiving the rectified dimming voltage, wherein a primary current flowing through the primary winding is determined according to an operation of the power switch;
a secondary winding, which is coupled to the primary winding, for providing an output current to a light emitting device circuit according to the primary current; and
an auxiliary winding, which is coupled to the primary winding, for generating a bleeder current to keep a conduction current flowing through the phase-cut dimming circuit to be higher than a holding current of the phase-cut dimming circuit so as to prevent the phase-cut dimming circuit from turning OFF when the phase-cut dimming circuit operates in the conductive phase; and

a control circuit, which includes:
a waveform analysis circuit, which is coupled to the rectifier circuit, for generating a phase detection signal according to the rectified dimming voltage;
a bleeder current control circuit, which is coupled to the waveform analysis circuit, for generating a determination signal according to the phase detection signal, wherein the determination signal is not a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal; and
a bleeder current source, which is coupled to the bleeder current control circuit, for controlling the bleeder current according to the determination signal so that the bleeder current is generated in a continuous and non-switching manner within the conductive phase, wherein the bleeder current source includes a linear regulator or a variable current source.

2. The light emitting device power supply circuit of claim 1 , wherein the control circuit further includes an initial bleeder resistor, which is coupled to the bleeder current control circuit, for determining an initial bleeder current level.

3. The light emitting device power supply circuit of claim 1 , wherein the variable current source includes a current mirror.

4. The light emitting device power supply circuit of claim 1 , wherein the bleeder current is sourced from a power supply voltage of the control circuit or the auxiliary winding.

5. The light emitting device power supply circuit of claim 1 , wherein the bleeder current source adjusts a level of the bleeder current in the conductive phase according to the determination signal.

6. The light emitting device power supply circuit of claim 1 , wherein the waveform analysis circuit determines whether a misfire condition occurs according to the rectified dimming voltage, and the bleeder current source adjusts a level of the bleeder current in the conductive phase according to the phase detection signal.

7. A control circuit of a light emitting device power supply circuit with dimming function, wherein the light emitting device power supply circuit includes a phase-cut dimming circuit, for converting an AC voltage to an AC dimming voltage, wherein the AC dimming voltage has a non-conductive phase and a conductive phase; a rectifier circuit, which is coupled to the phase-cut dimming circuit, for generating a rectified dimming voltage according to the AC dimming voltage; a transformer circuit, which is coupled to the rectifier circuit, including: a primary winding, which is connected to the rectifier circuit and a power switch in series, for receiving the rectified dimming voltage, and determining a primary current flowing through the primary winding according to an operation of the power switch; a secondary winding, which is coupled to the primary winding, for providing an output current to a light emitting device circuit according to the primary current; and an auxiliary winding, which is coupled to the primary winding, for generating a bleeder current to keep a conduction current flowing through the phase-cut dimming circuit to be higher than a holding current of the phase-cut dimming circuit so as to prevent the phase-cut dimming circuit from turning OFF when the phase-cut dimming circuit operates in the conductive phase; the control circuit comprising:
a waveform analysis circuit, which is coupled to the rectifier circuit, for generating a phase detection signal according to the rectified dimming voltage;
a bleeder current control circuit, which is coupled to the waveform analysis circuit, for generating a determination signal according to the phase detection signal, wherein the determination signal is not a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal; and
a bleeder current source, which is coupled to the bleeder current control circuit, for controlling the bleeder current according to the determination signal so that the bleeder current is generated in a continuous and non-switching manner within the conductive phase, wherein the bleeder current source includes a linear regulator or a variable current source.

8. The control circuit of claim 7 , further comprising an initial bleeder resistor, which is coupled to the bleeder current control circuit, for determining an initial bleeder current level.

9. The control circuit of claim 7 , wherein the variable current source includes a current mirror.

10. The control circuit of claim 7 , wherein the bleeder current is sourced from a power supply voltage of the control circuit or the auxiliary winding.

11. The control circuit of claim 7 , wherein the bleeder current source adjusts a level of the bleeder current in the conductive phase according to the determination signal.

12. The control circuit of claim 7 , wherein the waveform analysis circuit determines whether a misfire condition occurs according to the rectified dimming voltage, and the bleeder current source adjusts a level of the bleeder current in the conductive phase according to the phase detection signal.

Assignees

• Lee Yi-Wei
• Chen Isaac Y
• Jao Tong-Cheng
• Chen Chien-Yang
• Richtek Technology Corp

Inventors

• Lee Yi-Wei
• Chen Isaac Y
• Jao Tong-Cheng
• Chen Chien-Yang

Classifications

• H05B45/10 Primary

  Controlling the intensity of the light · CPC title

• H05B33/0815 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H05B33/0845

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H05B45/397 Primary

  Current mirror circuits · CPC title

• H05B45/385

  using flyback topology · CPC title