Patents by Inventor Guang-Ming Lei

Guang-Ming Lei 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).

  • Publication number: 20110140628
    Abstract: A power supply for a lighting luminary for improving dimming performance is disclosed. The power supply is applied to an AC source, a TRIAC dimmer, and at least one lighting luminary. The power supply includes a half-wave rectifier, an input voltage detector, a dimming signal generator, a feedback circuit, and a DC-to-DC converter. The input voltage detector is electrically connected to the half-wave rectifier. The dimming signal generator is electrically connected to the input voltage detector. The feedback circuit is electrically connected to the dimming signal generator. Besides, the DC-to-DC converter is electrically connected to the half-wave rectifier. More particularly, the half-wave rectifier provides a single-direction current path to avoid turning off the TRIAC dimmer during the dimming process because of the alternating positive and negative half cycles of the AC source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Inventors: Guang-Ming LEI, Yu Hsien Cheng
  • Publication number: 20110140629
    Abstract: A power supply for a lighting luminary for fixing maximum and minimum illumination is applied to a TRIAC dimmer and at least one lighting luminary. The power supply includes a dimming circuit for fixing maximum and minimum illumination, an input voltage detector, a feedback circuit, a DC-to-DC converter, and a rectifier. The dimming circuit for fixing maximum and minimum illumination outputs a reference voltage. More particularly, the feedback circuit controls the lighting luminary be operated at maximum illumination when a conduction angle of the TRIAC dimmer is excessive according to the reference voltage. Similarly, the feedback circuit controls the lighting luminary to be operated at minimum illumination when a conduction angle of the TRIAC dimmer is excessively small.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Inventors: Guang-Ming LEI, Yu-Hsien Cheng
  • Patent number: 7675240
    Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) circuit having even current has multiple LED strings, a current equalizing integrated circuit (IC) and a voltage compensation module. The LED strings are connected to an external power source, and each LED string has a power terminal and a driving terminal. The current equalizing IC has multiple driving pins connected respectively to the driving terminals of the LED strings. The voltage compensation module is connected between the LED strings and the external power source and has a threshold voltage value and multiple input terminals. The input terminals are connected respectively to the driving pins of the current equalizing IC to allow the voltage compensation module rise and send the voltage obtained from the external power source to the LED strings when the voltage compensation module determines any voltage on the driving pins of the current equalizing IC is lower than the threshold voltage value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: Asian Power Devices Inc.
    Inventors: Cheng-Chang Yang, Guang-Ming Lei, Yu-Chi Lai
  • Publication number: 20090153066
    Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) circuit having even current has multiple LED strings, a current equalizing integrated circuit (IC) and a voltage compensation module. The LED strings are connected to an external power source, and each LED string has a power terminal and a driving terminal. The current equalizing IC has multiple driving pins connected respectively to the driving terminals of the LED strings. The voltage compensation module is connected between the LED strings and the external power source and has a threshold voltage value and multiple input terminals. The input terminals are connected respectively to the driving pins of the current equalizing IC to allow the voltage compensation module rise and send the voltage obtained from the external power source to the LED strings when the voltage compensation module determines any voltage on the driving pins of the current equalizing IC is lower than the threshold voltage value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2007
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Inventors: Cheng-Chang Yang, Guang-Ming Lei, Yu-Chi Lai