Patents by Inventor Chin-Feng Kang

Chin-Feng Kang has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8901835
    Abstract: LED controllers, LED lighting systems and control methods capable of providing an average luminance intensity independent from the variation of an AC voltage. LEDs are divided into LED groups electrically connected in series between a power source and a ground. A disclosed LED controller has path switches, a management center and a line waveform sensor. Each path switch is for coupling a corresponding LED group to the ground. The management center controls the path switches. When turning off an upstream path switch, the management center controls a downstream path switch for a downstream LED group to make the driving current passing the upstream LED group substantially approach a target value. The line waveform sensor is coupled to the power source, sensing the waveform of the input voltage of the power source. The line waveform sensor is configured to decrease the target value when the input voltage increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Analog Integrations Corporation
    Inventors: Chin-Feng Kang, Jing-Chyi Wang
  • Patent number: 8664930
    Abstract: While an electronic product including passive elements is connected to an AC input voltage source, corresponding decreased currents are calculated according to a constant input/output work and a voltage curve of the input voltage source. Therefore, while the electronic product is activated under voltage sources having different scales or being unstable, the calculated decreased currents are applied so as to stabilize the input work or the output work.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Analog Integrations Corporation
    Inventors: Chin-Feng Kang, Jing-Chyi Wang
  • Patent number: 8339049
    Abstract: An LED driving circuit includes a current selecting circuit. The current selecting circuit controls the current transmission path in the plurality of LEDs according to respective threshold voltages of corresponding LEDs and a plurality of current limits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Analog Integrations Corporation
    Inventors: Chin-Feng Kang, Meng-Hung Lin
  • Publication number: 20120217887
    Abstract: LED controllers, LED lighting systems and control methods capable of providing an average luminance intensity independent from the variation of an AC voltage. LEDs are divided into LED groups electrically connected in series between a power source and a ground. A disclosed LED controller has path switches, a management center and a line waveform sensor. Each path switch is for coupling a corresponding LED group to the ground. The management center controls the path switches. When turning off an upstream path switch, the management center controls a downstream path switch for a downstream LED group to make the driving current passing the upstream LED group substantially approach a target value. The line waveform sensor is coupled to the power source, sensing the waveform of the input voltage of the power source. The line waveform sensor is configured to decrease the target value when the input voltage increases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2012
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Inventors: Chin-Feng Kang, Jing-Chyi Wang
  • Publication number: 20120062142
    Abstract: While an electronic product including passive elements is connected to an AC input voltage source, corresponding decreased currents are calculated according to a constant input/output work and a voltage curve of the input voltage source. Therefore, while the electronic product is activated under voltage sources having different scales or being unstable, the calculated decreased currents are applied so as to stabilize the input work or the output work.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Inventors: Chin-Feng Kang, Jing-Chyi Wang
  • Patent number: 7978171
    Abstract: A control circuit of a driving circuit for controlling a light emitting diode (LED) light source having a plurality of areas is provided. The control circuit includes the error amplifiers receiving a feed back current signal and a external reference voltage, and generating an error signal; a buffer register receiving a serial digital signal and generating the parallel digital signals; a work register receiving the parallel digital signals and a trigger signal, and outputting the parallel digital signals when the trigger signal is at a relatively high level; and a switch module having the power switches, each of which receives the error signal and the parallel digital signal for generating a driving signal to control a driving current of a specific area of the light source, in order to control the brightness in each area of the LED light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Analog Integrations Corporation
    Inventors: Tsai-Fu Wu, Chang-Yu Wu, Chin-Feng Kang, Che-Yi Su
  • Publication number: 20110084618
    Abstract: An LED driving circuit includes a current selecting circuit. The current selecting circuit controls the current transmission path in the plurality of LEDs according to respective threshold voltages of corresponding LEDs and a plurality of current limits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Inventors: Chin-Feng Kang, Meng-Hung Lin
  • Publication number: 20080284714
    Abstract: A control circuit of a driving circuit for controlling a light emitting diode (LED) light source having a plurality of areas is provided. The control circuit includes the error amplifiers receiving a feed back current signal and a external reference voltage, and generating an error signal; a buffer register receiving a serial digital signal and generating the parallel digital signals; a work register receiving the parallel digital signals and a trigger signal, and outputting the parallel digital signals when the trigger signal is at a relatively high level; and a switch module having the power switches, each of which receives the error signal and the parallel digital signal for generating a driving signal to control a driving current of a specific area of the light source, in order to control the brightness in each area of the LED light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2007
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Inventors: Tsai-Fu Wu, Chang-Yu Wu, Chin-Feng Kang, Che-Yi Su