Flicker-free lamp dimming-driver circuit for sequential LED bank control

An LED dimmer circuit, comprising

• an AC power source;
• the AC power source having inputs
• a full wave rectifier, the AC power source inputs entering the full wave rectifier;
• a plurality of LED banks connected in series, spatially arrayed to be optically close to one another, a positive output of the full wave rectifier being fed to a positive input of said plurality of LED banks;
• a plurality of switching circuits for applying dimming signals to said plurality of LED banks, each LED bank having its own switching circuit, said dimming signals being controlled by a control signal conducting current through the plurality of LED banks based on a controller setting wherein varying said controller setting reduces the illumination of individual LED banks included in the plurality of LED banks;
• and
• a plurality of control circuits for generating said control signal to control said switching circuits so that said dimming signal applied to each individual LED bank in response to said control signal is different for each individual LED bank.