Serial lighting interface with embedded feedback

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9622310
APP PUB NO 20160198533A1
SERIAL NO

15072642

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According to one aspect, an integrated circuit to control a power supply that supplies power to a plurality of light-emitting diode (LED) strings is provided. The integrated circuit includes an interface circuit to couple to a plurality of serial shift registers that are coupled in a daisy chain. The interface circuit may be configured to receive a plurality of digital values from the plurality of serial shift registers each corresponding to a voltage level at one end of an LED string of the plurality of LED strings and identify a lowest digital value from the plurality of digital values. The integrated circuit may further includes a converter coupled to the interface circuit that is configured to convert the lowest digital value into a control signal and provide the control signal to the power supply to adjust an output voltage of the power supply.

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  • ADVANCED ANALOGIC TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Brown, David Alan San Jose, US 50 871
D'Angelo, Kevin Peter Carmel, US 8 30
Williams, Richard K Cupertino, US 343 14805

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