Abstract: There is provided an illumination driving apparatus for a light emitting diode, the apparatus including: a light emitting unit including M number of light emitting diodes (LEDs) connected in series and driven by an output voltage rectified in a rectifying unit; an LED switch unit including N number of LED switches connected in parallel with at least N number of the M LEDs, respectively, and connected in series; an LED switch control signal generating unit comparing the output voltage of the rectifying unit with each of the first to Nth preset reference voltages to generate N number of LED switch control signals controlling the LED switch unit; and an LED switch controlling unit transferring the N number of LED switch control signals to the LED switch unit.

Abstract: Provided is a circuit, a device and a method of direct-driving an LED. According to an embodiment, the LED direct-driving circuit includes an LED unit having a plurality of LED groups serially connected to each other, a switching unit including a plurality of switches respectively connected to the plurality of LED groups, each switch configured to emit light from at least one LED group serially connected to the switch according to an ON operation, and a switching control unit configured to compare a signal according to a line voltage sensed from an input voltage of the LED unit with an output voltage of the LED unit to calculate a comparison value, generate a PWM carrier signal having a frequency varied according to the line voltage, and output a control signal for controlling the switching unit by comparing the comparison value with the frequency-varied PWM carrier signal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a light emitting diode driver that integrates a light emitting diode control function and a power switching control function at a secondary side insulated from a primary side in a power supply circuit, without using a photo coupler to control power switching at the primary side.

Abstract: There is provided a light emitting diode driving apparatus capable of uniformly controlling current balance between light emitting diode channels. The light emitting diode driving apparatus includes: an AC to DC converting unit converting input AC power into a preset DC driving power; a detecting unit detecting voltage drops generated in a plurality of respective light emitting diode channels each having a plurality of light emitting diodes performing a light emitting operation by receiving the DC driving power; a converting unit converting analog values detected from the detecting unit into digital values; and a driving unit differentially setting switching signal duty cycles in which a driving current is allowed to flow in the plurality of respective light emitting diode channels according to the digital values from the converting unit to drive the plurality of light emitting diode channels.

Abstract: There is provided a light emitting diode driving apparatus capable of uniformly maintaining current balance between light emitting diode channels. The light emitting diode driving apparatus includes: a DC to DC converting unit converting the direct current power into settable driving power; a detecting unit detecting voltage drops generated in each of a plurality of light emitting diode channels each having a plurality of light emitting diodes; a converting unit converting an analog value into a digital value; and a driving unit differentially setting duty cycles of switching signals according to the digital values from the converting unit to drive the plurality of light emitting diode channels.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a light emitting diode (LED) driving device for driving a multi-channel LED element or an LED array for each channel, the LED driving device including: a constant current driver driving currents flowing in each channel; a first switching unit selectively feeding-back voltage levels of each channel; and a switching controller controlling the turn on/off of the first switching unit, wherein matching characteristics of currents flowing in each channel is improved and a size of an integrated circuit (IC) chip is also reduced as compared to a case according to the related art, thereby making it possible to reduce a production cost and satisfy the trend of miniaturization of the chip, while solving a performance deterioration problem due to degradation of the matching of the currents between the channels.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a device for controlling current of an LED including a constant current generator, a current mirror, and a current amplifier, the device controlling current of an LED, comprising: a selector outputting an L signal or an H signal according to an input control signal; and a current changing unit formed by connecting at least one switching unit in parallel, the switching unit including a transistor and a switch connected to the transistor in series. The device for controlling current of an LED adjusts current supplied to the current amplifier using a SEL input without an effect of a noise, thereby making it possible to change the current of the LED without separately changing a resistor.

Abstract: There is provided a digital PWM generator according to a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention including: an A/D converter dividing a predetermined reference voltage into a plurality of sections corresponding to a predetermined first set value, searching a section to which the magnitude of an input voltage Vin corresponds, among the plurality of sections, and converting a value corresponding to the searched section into a digital signal; a frequency selector providing a counting number by counting a predetermined high-speed counting clock during a one-cycle section of a predetermined reference clock; and a PWM signal generator converting the digital signal from the A/D converter into a ratio value corresponding to a ratio for the reference voltage and generating a PWM signal having a controlled duty ratio of the reference clock by using the ratio value and the counting number from the frequency selector.

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and method for setting a user interface according to user preferences, more particularly, an apparatus and method for setting the user interface according to the user preferences, in which the user interface can be set up by reflecting the user preferences, and the set user interface is synchronized in order to be used in other devices. The apparatus includes a user-interface-configuration unit that is notified of an update and rearrangement of a predetermined user interface element by a user, a user-information-management unit that manages security information of the user that reconfigures the user interface element, and a user-interface-tree-management unit that reconfigures a predetermined user-interface tree based on the reconfigured user-interface element.

Abstract: The device for generating three mode signals includes: a voltage setting block including an input terminal receiving three input signals of driving voltage, open, and ground and setting three voltages according to the three input signals; and an output block including two output terminals and a second node B receiving the three voltages from the voltage setting block, and outputting three combined signals by comparing an input voltage with a reference voltage, whereby only a small number of resistors and amplifiers generates three mode signals to further reduce the chip size than the related art and the external power source is not required to solve the problems of the related art due to noise.

Abstract: There is provided a driving apparatus for a light emitting diode (LED) comparing a rectified power voltage level with an LED current to limit current applied to an LED, thereby reducing the amount of heat generated therein. The driving apparatus for an LED includes a detecting unit detecting a voltage level of rectified power; and a driving unit comparing a level of current flowing in an LED unit having at least one LED with detection results from the detecting unit, and limiting current applied to the LED unit to drive the LED unit according to comparison results.

Abstract: There is provided an organic light emitting diode driver capable of compensating for pixel deterioration in real time during the driving of pixels by selectively compensating pixels, requiring compensation, for the deterioration thereof, and precisely setting calibration data by removing an IR drop across a transistor, employed as a switch in the pixels, by calculating a difference between at least two representative values of different gray scale ranges among predetermined gray scale ranges.

Abstract: There are provided a driving apparatus for a light emitting diode (LED) which may accurately display a desired color of light by adjusting a color coordinate value in accordance with an input brightness value, and a control method thereof. The driving apparatus includes a control unit receiving a brightness value and a color coordinate value of an LED desired to be controlled and controlling LED driving by adjusting the color coordinate value in accordance with the received brightness value; and a driving unit driving the LED in accordance with controlling of the control unit.

Abstract: An apparatus for driving a light emitting device (LED) is provided. The apparatus for driving the LED includes a first driving control element, a first current detection unit, a first effective value detection unit, a first reference signal generation unit, and a first comparison unit. The first driving control element controls a current flowing through a first LED channel, in response to a first pulse-width modulated control signal. The first current detection unit detects the current flowing through the first LED channel. The first effective value detection unit detects an effective value of the current detected by the first current detection unit. The first reference signal generation unit generates a preset reference signal having a sawtooth waveform. The first comparison unit compares the reference signal from the first reference signal generation unit with the effective value from the first effective value detection unit.

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and a method for verifying the validity of an XML document when an XML application operates in an embedded device having a relatively low-performance processor and a small memory so as to prevent errors in the XML application due to wrong information. An XML parser using an external XML validator includes an XML receiver, an external XML validator caller, and a DOM/SAX tree generator. The external XML validator includes a schema/DTD receiver, an XML validator, and an XML validity result transmitter.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a light emitting diode (LED) driving apparatus including: at least one energy storages connected in series with each other; a plurality of LEDs each connected in parallel with each of the energy storages; and a switching control unit selectively connecting the at least one energy storages according to a level of applied voltage to charge/discharge voltage in/from the selected energy storages and control driving of the LEDs by the charging/discharging operation. Therefore, it is possible to easily drive the LEDs without a converter.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a dimming control device, an LED driving device, and a dimming control method. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a dimming control device including: a PWM signal generating unit for generating a PWM signal from a reference signal and an input voltage; a signal compensating unit for compensating the PWM signal output from the PWM signal generating unit using an internal clock signal; and a synchronization unit for synchronizing the compensated signal with an external clock signal to output a synchronized PWM control signal for dimming control is proposed. Further, an LED driving device and a dimming control method are proposed.

Abstract: There are provided a light emitting diode (LED) driving device allowing for an increase in an LED driving rate by discharging a charge stored in a capacitor during a certain period of time and a method thereof. The LED driving device includes: a driving unit detecting a current, as a voltage, the current flowing across an LED unit having at least one LED, controlling the current flowing across the LED unit according to a comparison result between the detected voltage and a reference voltage having a pre-set voltage level, and having a capacitor stabilizing an operation of the LED unit when the LED unit is driven; and a discharging unit discharging a charge stored in the capacitor during a pre-set discharge time when the LED unit is initially driven.

Abstract: There is provided a light emitting diode (LED) driver removing signal interference by varying a switching frequency within a preset range. The LED driver includes a power supply section switching input power and supplying driving power to at least one LED; a switching control section controlling the switching of the power supply section according to a clock signal being supplied; and a clock signal generation section supplying the clock signal having a preset variable frequency range to the switching control section.

Abstract: There is provided a light emitting diode (LED) driver having an offset voltage compensating function compensating for an offset voltage generated at the time of driving of an LED, the LED driver including: a driving unit detecting a current flowing in an LED unit having at least one LED, as a voltage and controlling the current flowing in the LED unit according to a comparison result between the detected voltage and a reference voltage having a preset voltage level; and an offset compensating unit integrating a voltage difference between the detected voltage and the reference voltage and adding or subtracting a compensating current according to an integration result to thereby compensate for an offset.