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    c2) United States Patent Sun et al. (31) DIMMER FoR USE WITH A LIGHT SOURCE (71) Applicant: Dialog Semleonduetor (UK) Limited, London (GB) (72) toventors: Junyue Sun, Tianjin (CN); Xlaogang ‘Zhao, Bejing (CN): Nallong Wang Beijing (CN): Zhenyu Song. Bejing (CN): Libo Zhou, Beijing (CN) (73) Assiunce: Dialog Semiconductor (UK) Limited, London (GB) +) Notice: Subject ony disclaimer, the term ofthis patent is extended or adjusted under 35 USC. 154{b) by 0 days 21). Appl. Now 161666,748, (22) Hod: Get. 29, 2019 eo) Foreign Application Priority Data Avg 6, 2019 (GB) loni264s GD) met sh 33/08 (202001) HSB 45/10 (202001) OSB 48/37 (2020001) (2) USC. cbc {H0SB 45/10 (2020.01), HOSB 49/37 (202001) (58) Feld of Classiication Seareh oc 'HOSH 33108; HOSE 380815; HOSE 3W08s5; HOSP 88/0884, HOSE 45/00 HOS 45/10: HosB 45/37 ‘See application file foe complete search history 650 Pu Gonrator Signal to set or pa —+ pm Sem Sonat to set ‘delay tine Ned target (00 00 0 3857781 US 10,638,577 BI Apr. 28, 2020 (10) Patent No. 4s) Date of Patent: 66) References Cited US, PATENT DOCUMENTS Tomas RE 2011 Jumpin... HOSB 380851 Bisns § 204375 m+ 102012 Lee nos 330813 8266546 82 72014 Osim ost 330887 . B1S8S R WIA WOHTTSS AIF 42014 Lee HOSE 33083 2OrTMDWOLIS AL* 102017 Tabspinato .. B5OQ)L TALS OTHER PUBLICATIONS copending US. Appl No, 16185126, fla Nov. 9 201% by * cit by examiner Primary Examiner — That Pan (74) Attorney, Agen, or Firm Stephen ® Ackerman 7) ABSTRACT A dimmer for dimming ight emitted by a Tight source is presented, The dimmer ineliles « regulation soviteh Tor regulating a current flowing through the light source and a regulator ciruit that provides an electronic parameter 10 control the regulation switch, The regulator circuit has @ dimmer switel for passing or blocking the electron parm- fer, and signal generator penerating a plurality of modh- Inte signals configured wo operate the regulator circuit in @ first phase and in w seeond phase, Inthe fist phise the regulation cireuit maintains the eleettonie parameter 10 @ target value. In the second phase the regulation circuit ‘monitors a variation ofthe electronic parameter and main- tains the cletronie parameter lo a predetermined valde Seile Ackerman LLC; 18 Claims, § Drawing Sheets eo, US 10,638,577 B1 Sheet 1 of 8 Apr, 28, 2020 U.S. Patent PAV 40R4d £ OITA asuag quasang aT oz oor Ol by eaquag 4>—— 296407 pany x OK saaq 407D49u99 t Wt SA ost oPapA or 4 U.S. Patent —Apr.28,2020 sheet 2 of 8 US 10,638,577 BI > Time 2 FIG. US 10,638,577 B1 Sheet 3 of 8 Apr, 28, 2020 U.S. Patent & OTL (%)a19fig fang rstrS~”r—.._—-—=srsizieéssestcscésésc.CwMONCN Let Ay ie ot 2h as 7 ve * og 98 er r ey eS 09 99 ze Be +8 06 96 lzor 180s phe lozs 018] ovE——~ oeE——~ i ze — ug 1=18---| O16——~ ug 9=15—| (va)quasing agT US 10,638,577 B1 Sheet 4 of 8 Apr, 28, 2020 U.S. Patent awn + g7 Ge oi fuorqo97aq) yurog 4266e4y “oor US 10,638,577 B1 Sheet 5 of 8 Apr, 28, 2020 U.S. Patent oo ie anypa pourusajapasd D 07 427 @uvs0d 9140439972 2y} surozurow pun sajaups0d 91U01;9279 ay} fo w01jDL40A D $40;2UOM 719419 uoryo)nba4 ayy asvyd puooas ay} ur ureseyn pun ‘anyon 42640) D 0} 1ajaupund 91u04}9979 247 surDzurDM 71m9429 u0r;D]NBes ay7 asmYyd S42 ay} UL ULaseyn tasoyd puosas v ur pun asvyd jsurf v ur prnost9 4070) nBas ay} ayv4ado 07 pasnbrfuoo syoubrs paynjnpou fo fiz17o4njd D Burzv419Ua9 08s a 40} upand 91u0139279 2y} 6ut79079 40 Gurssod sof yo} ums soumrp D sastadwoo pyno419 4070]n6a4 ayy Urasaym !yo]1ms UoL7D]Nba4 ay} 10.47U09 07 49, aupsnd 9240479272 uo apyaoud 0} pazdopo 310419 4070] nbs Dv Burpraodg O2S- a aounos 7y61] 242 yGno1y} Buymojf quasina v Gur40jn6o1 sof yo11ms woryoynsas v Gurpraosg Ors: “oos US 10,638,577 B1 Sheet 6 of 8 Apr, 28, 2020 U.S. Patent I sag asuag Md quasing peT | 9 = zg 099 40suag SA TF 09+ 099, > 0.47109) 919 Io y084 aa st ye6s0-pary RA amy} fopep 0 Kkt 728 07 youbis Co | RA rd = voros0uan Wd <—| Ret \ 009 089 Wkd f0 aut Uo Jas 07 yDubsg US 10,638,577 B1 Sheet 7 of 8 Apr, 28, 2020 U.S. Patent A awry ‘ SALVIA Ole 1 buybsoyasig US 10,638,577 B1 Sheet 8 of 8 Apr, 28, 2020 U.S. Patent aus, iW od 2193 $9 7 US 10,638,577 BI i DIMMER FOR USE WITILA LIGHT SOURCE TECHNICAL FIELD “The present disclosure relates to dimmer for dimming light emited by a Tight source. In particular, the present lsclosure relates to a dimmer regulated by a pulse-width ‘modulate signal without turn-on delay BACKGROUND Many applications require varying th light inteasity of semicondctor light source such as ligh-emiting diode (LED), For instance displays based on LED back-lighting technology require many LED zones to achieve a high ‘contrat ratio Between bright snd dark images. Each LED Zone also referred to as LED change canbe sed to achieve focal dimming and create realistic images. Dimming may'be achieved using a pulse width modulated PWM signal to deve a dimming transistor. The pulse wid ‘modulate signal is repeatedly switched betwoen high and Jow states. Upon roceving a high state at its gate, the slimming transistor couples the ligt source 0 current Source, and the light soe emits ight. Upon rovciving @ fow stte at its gate, the dimming transistor decouples the Tight source from the eurent source snd the Tight source Stops ‘emitting Tight, Therefore the dimming. effect is achioved hy enabling and disabling ofthe dimming tansis- tor repeatedly’ at sulicontly high frequency, while the level of dimming is changed by changing the duty eyele of the PWM sigs. “Traditionally, the frequency of the PWM signal rmges between 50 Hz and 960 HZ. However, bettr dimming performances can be achieved at higher frequencies. For Instance above 20 Kliz audio noise can be greatly reduced ‘oreliminated. At such high frequencies the trmon deley of affects the dimming accuracy and linea based on the measiremeat of the fr Aelay and subsequent delay compensation lack reliability ‘specially when the PWM signal is set with «high duty evel. SUMMARY Ie ison object ofthe disclosure to adress one o mone of the above-mentioned limitations, According to a first aspect of the disclosure, there is provided a dimmer for dimming Hight emitted by a light Source, the dimmer comprising 2 regulation switch Tor regulating a current owing though the Tight source, 2 regulator circuit adapted to provide an electronic parameter to-contol the regulation switch, where the regulator circuit comprises a dimmer switch for passing or blocking the flectronie parameter, and signal generator adapted (0 ‘generate plurality of modolated signals configured 10 ‘operate the regulator cireuit ina fst phase and in second pase, where in the fit phase the regulation circuit main- tains the electronic parameter o a tangt value and wherein the second phase the registion cir monitors 8 variation of the electronic parameter and mainiins the electronic parameter toa predetennined vale. For instance te light source may be a semiconductor Hight source such as an LED. The regulation switch may be a power switch such asa power FET transistor For example the dimmer switch may be a single-pale

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