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US 9,072,137 B2Granted
Backlight control circuit with flexible configuration
AssigneeRichtek Technology Corporation
InventorsChiawei Liao, Jing-Meng Liu
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Abstract
The present invention discloses a backlight control circuit with flexible configuration, comprising: a light emitting device path; a current source for controlling the current amount on the light emitting device path, the current source receiving a relatively high reference voltage in a first state, and receiving a relatively low reference voltage in a second state; and a current source control circuit for controlling the current source, whereby when the light emitting device path is in normal use, the current source is set to the first state, and when the light emitting device path is not in normal use, the current source is set to the second state.
Claims10
A backlight control circuit with flexible configuration, comprising:
- a light emitting device path;
- a current source, controlling the current amount on the light emitting device path, wherein the current source receives a relatively high reference voltage in a first state and receives a relatively low reference voltage in a second state, and the current source controls the current amount on the light emitting device path by comparing a first node voltage in the current source with the relatively high reference voltage but not with the relatively low reference voltage in the first state, and comparing the first node voltage in the current source with the relatively low reference voltage but not with the relatively high reference voltage in the second state;
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- a current source control circuit setting the current source in response to a determination as to whether the light emitting device path is in normal operation or not, the current source control circuit setting the current source to the first state when the light emitting device path is in normal operation, and to the second state when the light emitting device path is not in normal operation,
- wherein whether the light emitting device path is in normal operation or is not in normal operation is determined according to a second node voltage on the light emitting device path, wherein when the second node voltage on the light emitting device path is lower than a predetermined reference voltage, the light emitting device path is determined in normal operation, and when the second node voltage on the light emitting device path is higher than the predetermined reference voltage, the light emitting device path is determined not in normal operation.
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A method of controlling current on a light emitting device path, comprising:
- (a) providing a light emitting device path;
- (b) detecting the state of the light emitting device path according to a comparison between a node voltage on the light emitting device path and a predetermined reference voltage, wherein when the node voltage is lower than the predetermined reference voltage, it is determined that the light emitting device path is in a normal operation state, and when the node voltage is higher than the predetermined reference voltage, it is determined that the light emitting device path is not in the normal operation state;
- (c) conducting a relatively high current on the light emitting device path in the normal operation state, and conducting a relatively low or no current on the light emitting device path when the light emitting device path is not in the normal operation state;
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- (d) after the light emitting device path has been determined not in the normal operation state, periodically conducting a current higher than the relatively low current on the light emitting device path for a short period of time, for checking whether the light emitting device path resumes to the normal operation state.
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A backlight control circuit, comprising:
- a light emitting device path;
- a current source, controlling a current amount on the light emitting device path, wherein the current source provides a relatively high current when the current source is in a first state, and provides a relatively low current when the current source is in a second state;
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- a current source control circuit, setting the current source to the first state when the light emitting device path is in normal operation wherein a node voltage on the light emitting device path is lower than a predetermined reference voltage, and setting the current source to the second state when the light emitting device path is not in normal operation wherein the node voltage on the light emitting device path is higher than the predetermined reference voltage,
- wherein when the current source is set to the second state, the current source control circuit periodically sets the current source to the first state to check whether the light emitting device path resumes to a normal connection.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.