Patents by Inventor JULIA DELOS AYLLON
JULIA DELOS AYLLON 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).
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Patent number: 11019702Abstract: A driver is provided for driving at least two sets of solid state lighting elements. A switched capacitor power converter is provided, and a switch arrangement is used for selectively connecting a first set and a second set of solid state lighting elements in series connection at the output of the power converter or connecting the first set of solid state lighting elements at the output of the power converter without the second set of solid state lighting elements. A first duty cycle of the switched capacitor power converter and a second duty cycle control of the switch arrangement are both controlled. In this driver design, a switched capacitor power converter and a switch arrangement are independently controlled using a duty cycle approach. The switched capacitor power converter is used to provide current control, and the switch arrangement is used to control whether the second set of lighting elements is connected to the output or not.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2019Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.Inventor: Julia Delos Ayllon
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Publication number: 20200107411Abstract: A driver is provided for driving at least two sets of solid state lighting elements. A switched capacitor power converter is provided, and a switch arrangement is used for selectively connecting a first set and a second set of solid state lighting elements in series connection at the output of the power converter or connecting the first set of solid state lighting elements at the output of the power converter without the second set of solid state lighting elements. A first duty cycle of the switched capacitor power converter and a second duty cycle control of the switch arrangement are both controlled. In this driver design, a switched capacitor power converter and a switch arrangement are independently controlled using a duty cycle approach. The switched capacitor power converter is used to provide current control, and the switch arrangement is used to control whether the second set of lighting elements is connected to the output or not.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2019Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventor: JULIA DELOS AYLLON
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Patent number: 10531529Abstract: A driver is provided for driving at least two sets of solid state lighting elements. A switched capacitor power converter is provided, and a switch arrangement is used for selectively connecting a first set and a second set of solid state lighting elements in series connection at the output of the power converter or connecting the first set of solid state lighting elements at the output of the power converter without the second set of solid state lighting elements. A first duty cycle of the switched capacitor power converter and a second duty cycle control of the switch arrangement are both controlled. In this driver design, a switched capacitor power converter and a switch arrangement are independently controlled using a duty cycle approach. The switched capacitor power converter is used to provide current control, and the switch arrangement is used to control whether the second set of lighting elements is connected to the output or not.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2017Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.Inventor: Julia Delos Ayllon
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Publication number: 20190082505Abstract: A driver is provided for driving at least two sets of solid state lighting elements. A switched capacitor power converter is provided, and a switch arrangement is used for selectively connecting a first set and a second set of solid state lighting elements in series connection at the output of the power converter or connecting the first set of solid state lighting elements at the output of the power converter without the second set of solid state lighting elements. A first duty cycle of the switched capacitor power converter and a second duty cycle control of the switch arrangement are both controlled. In this driver design, a switched capacitor power converter and a switch arrangement are independently controlled using a duty cycle approach. The switched capacitor power converter is used to provide current control, and the switch arrangement is used to control whether the second set of lighting elements is connected to the output or not.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2017Publication date: March 14, 2019Inventor: JULIA DELOS AYLLON
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Patent number: 10218267Abstract: Power conversion device for supplying a load with a PWM signal, comprising an inductive filter having at least an output configured to be connected to the load, the device comprising: a power conversion module supplied by an input voltage and configured for providing a plurality of output signals wherein one of the plurality of output signals is supplied to the filter; a conversion ratio control stage coupled to the power conversion module; and a controller configured to: determine a requested conversion ratio based on the input voltage and a target reference voltage; and based on the requested conversion ratio, control the conversion ratio control stage to operate in either a first operating mode, whereby the power conversion module provides the output signals in accordance with a first conversion ratio, or a second operating mode, whereby the power conversion module provides the output signals in accordance with a second conversion ratio.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2015Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.Inventors: Julia Delos Ayllon, Toni Lopez, Machiel Antonius Martinus Hendrix, Eduardo-Jose Alarcon-Cot
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Patent number: 10143046Abstract: The current invention relates to a driver for driving one or a plurality of LEDs (D1, D2), comprising at least one driving unit (201, 202) adapted to be supplied with a differential voltage, between one first bias voltage (VB1) and one second bias voltage (VB2), the differential voltage being adapted to be equal or larger than the largest expected variations (?VF) of the forward voltage of said one or a plurality of LEDs (D1, D2). Another aspect of the invention relates to an integrated package comprising at least an LED and associated driving unit (201, 202). Another aspect of the invention relates to a light module comprising a plurality of LEDs (D1, D2) and associated driving units (201, 202).Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2014Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.Inventors: Julia Delos Ayllon, Toni Lopez, Machiel Antonius Martinus Hendrix, Eduardo-Jose Alarcon-Cot
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Patent number: 10034334Abstract: A system comprising a driver circuit wherein the driver circuit comprises a converter. The system further comprises a controller operable to control a ratio between an input voltage supplied to the driver circuit and a target output voltage to be output from the driver circuit by varying a pulse width modulated signal, and by switching between operating modes of said converter. The controller is configured to determine that the driver circuit is operating in an undesired state caused by a combination of the duty cycle and the operating mode of the converter. The system further comprises a resistance adjustment circuit configured to adjust an equivalent output resistance of the driver circuit in response to the controller determining that the driver circuit is operating in an undesired state.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2015Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.Inventors: Junmin Jiang, Jie Fu, Harald Josef Gunther Radermacher, Shu Xu, Julia Delos Ayllon
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Patent number: 9948177Abstract: A system for supplying a load comprising: an input inductor configured to receive an input voltage, a selection module connected to the inductor via a switching node, and a multi-level half-bridge stage comprising a plurality of half-bridge stages, each half-bridge stage comprising a pair of switches connected between a switching node; a power combining stage coupled to each half-bridge stage using parallel bus voltage lines output from the multi-level half-bridge stage, the power combining stage configured to output a voltage to the load; and a controller configured, based on the input voltage, to selectively control a half-bridge stage to operate in a half-bridge mode to provide a stepped-up voltage on a bus voltage line, wherein the controller is further configured to control the power combining stage to provide a voltage between the bus voltage lines and the sum of these voltages is higher than a peak of the input voltage.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2015Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.Inventors: Eduardo-Jose Alarcon-Cot, Julia Delos Ayllon, Toni Lopez, Reinhold Elferich, Harald Josef Gunther Radermacher, Machiel Antonius Martinus Hendrix
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Publication number: 20180006552Abstract: Power conversion device for supplying a load with a PWM signal, comprising an inductive filter having at least an output configured to be connected to the load, the device comprising: a power conversion module supplied by an input voltage and configured for providing a plurality of output signals wherein one of the plurality of output signals is supplied to the filter; a conversion ratio control stage coupled to the power conversion module; and a controller configured to: determine a requested conversion ratio based on the input voltage and a target reference voltage; and based on the requested conversion ratio, control the conversion ratio control stage to operate in either a first operating mode, whereby the power conversion module provides the output signals in accordance with a first conversion ratio, or a second operating mode, whereby the power conversion module provides the output signals in accordance with a second conversion ratio.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2015Publication date: January 4, 2018Inventors: JULIA DELOS AYLLON, TONI LOPEZ, MACHIEL ANTONIUS MARTINUS HENDRIX, EDUARDO-JOSE ALARCON-COT
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Publication number: 20170338735Abstract: A system for supplying a load comprising: an input inductor configured to receive an input voltage, a selection module connected to the inductor via a switching node, and a multi-level half-bridge stage comprising a plurality of half-bridge stages, each half-bridge stage comprising a pair of switches connected between a switching node; a power combining stage coupled to each half-bridge stage using parallel bus voltage lines output from the multi-level half-bridge stage, the power combining stage configured to output a voltage to the load; and a controller configured, based on the input voltage, to selectively control a half-bridge stage to operate in a half-bridge mode to provide a stepped-up voltage on a bus voltage line, wherein the controller is further configured to control the power combining stage to provide a voltage between the bus voltage lines and the sum of these voltages is higher than a peak of the input voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2015Publication date: November 23, 2017Inventors: EDUARDO-JOSE ALARCON-COT, JULIA DELOS AYLLON, TONI LOPES, REINHOLD ELFERICH, HARALD JOSEF GUNTHER RADERMACHER, MACHIEL ANTONIUS MARTINUS HENDRIX
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Patent number: 9806604Abstract: The current invention relates to a power conversion device (10), for supplying a load (11) with a PWM signal through an inductive output filter (105). The power conversion device (10) comprises a power conversion module (101) supplied by a DC input voltage (Vin) and is configured for providing a plurality of output signals (PWM1, . . . , PWMn) having a level amplitude that is a fraction of the input voltage (Vin) level. Each output signal is floating with a bias component equally split in a plurality of steps ranging from a determined lowest fraction level amplitude to a determined highest fraction level amplitude. The power conversion device (10) further comprises a multiplexer (103) receiving as a plurality of inputs the plurality of output signals (PWM1, . . . , PWMn). The multiplexer is configured for outputting one output signal (PWMx) selected from the plurality of inputs, whereby the output signal (PWMx) of the multiplexer (103) is connected to the output filter (105).Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2014Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.Inventors: Julia Delos Ayllon, Toni Lopez, Machiel Antonius Martinus Hendrix, Eduardo-Jose Alarcon-Cot
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Patent number: 9743469Abstract: The current invention relates to a LED driver (10) for driving at least two LED strings (131, 133) comprising: a dual output power converter (103) for converting an input voltage (Vin) into two different output voltages for driving two sets of said at least two LED strings (131, 133), a controller (107) for controlling the dual output power converter (103) based on at least one input set point, the dual output converter (103) comprising a switched capacitor converter comprising a plurality of switches, a plurality of capacitors, the outputs of the dual output power converter (103) being connected to internal nodes of the dual power converter (103), the controller (107) being further adapted to deliver PWM output control signals for driving the switches, the duty cycle of which being a function of said at least one input set point. The invention also relates to a lighting system (1) comprising such a driver (10).Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2014Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHING HOLDING B.V.Inventors: Julia Delos Ayllon, Toni Lopez, Machiel Antonius Martinus Hendrix, Eduardo-Jose Alarcon-Cot
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Publication number: 20170055322Abstract: A system comprising a driver circuit wherein the driver circuit comprises a converter. The system further comprises a controller operable to control a ratio between an input voltage supplied to the driver circuit and a target output voltage to be output from the driver circuit by varying a pulse width modulated signal, and by switching between operating modes of said converter. The controller is configured to determine that the driver circuit is operating in an undesired state caused by a combination of the duty cycle and the operating mode of the converter. The system further comprises a resistance adjustment circuit configured to adjust an equivalent output resistance of the driver circuit in response to the controller determining that the driver circuit is operating in an undesired state.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2015Publication date: February 23, 2017Inventors: Junmin JIANG, Jie FU, Harald Josef Gunther RADERMACHER, Shu XU, Julia DELOS AYLLON
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Patent number: 9526140Abstract: The current invention relates to a driver (10,20) for driving at least one main load and one auxiliary load comprising: a power converter (101) adapted to convert an input voltage (Vin) into at least one main output voltage provided through a main output (1011) for driving said main load, and at least one auxiliary output DC voltage through an auxiliary output (1013) for supplying said auxiliary load, a controller (103) adapted to control the main output based on at least one input set point, wherein the power converter (101) comprises a switched capacitor converter comprising a plurality of switches and a plurality of capacitors, the main output (1011) being connected to at least one internal node of the power converter (101), the auxiliary output (1013) being connected to a DC node of the power converter (101).Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2014Date of Patent: December 20, 2016Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.Inventors: Julia Delos Ayllon, Toni Lopez, Machiel Antonius Martinus Hendrix, Eduardo-Jose Alarcon-Cot
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Publication number: 20160242243Abstract: The current invention relates to a driver for driving one or a plurality of LEDs (D1, D2), comprising at least one driving unit (201, 202) adapted to be supplied with a differential voltage, between one first bias voltage (VB1) and one second bias voltage (VB2), the differential voltage being adapted to be equal or larger than the largest expected variations (?VF) of the forward voltage of said one or a plurality of LEDs (D1, D2). Another aspect of the invention relates to an integrated package comprising at least an LED and associated driving unit (201, 202). Another aspect of the invention relates to a light module comprising a plurality of LEDs (D1, D2) and associated driving units (201, 202).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2014Publication date: August 18, 2016Applicant: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventors: Julia DELOS AYLLON, Toni LOPEZ, Machiel Antonius Martinus HENDRIX, Eduardo-Jose ALARCON-COT
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Publication number: 20160234895Abstract: The current invention relates to a LED driver (10) for driving at least two LED strings (131, 133) comprising: a dual output power converter (103) for converting an input voltage (Vin) into two different output voltages for driving two sets of said at least two LED strings (131, 133), a controller (107) for controlling the dual output power converter (103) based on at least one input set point, the dual output converter (103) comprising a switched capacitor converter comprising a plurality of switches, a plurality of capacitors, the outputs of the dual output power converter (103) being connected to internal nodes of the dual power converter (103), the controller (107) being further adapted to deliver PWM output control signals for driving the switches, the duty cycle of which being a function of said at least one input set point. The invention also relates to a lighting system (1) comprising such a driver (10).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2014Publication date: August 11, 2016Inventors: Julia DELOS AYLLON, Toni LOPEZ, Machiel Antonius Martinus HENDRIX, Eduardo-Jose ALARCON-COT
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Publication number: 20160234901Abstract: The current invention relates to a driver(10,20) for driving at least one main load and one auxiliary load comprising: a power converter(101) adapted to convert an input voltage(Vin) into at least one main output voltage provided through a main output(1011) for driving said main load, and at least one auxiliary output DC voltage through an auxiliary output(1013) for supplying said auxiliary load, a controller(103)adapted to control the main output based on at least one input set point, wherein the power converter(101)comprises a switched capacitor converter comprising a plurality of switches and a plurality of capacitors, the main output(1011)being connected to at least one internal node of the power converter (101), the auxiliary output(1013) being connected to a DC node of the power converter(101).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2014Publication date: August 11, 2016Inventors: Julia DELOS AYLLON, Toni LOPEZ, Machiel Antonius Martinus HENDRIX, Eduardo-Jose ALARCON-COT
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Publication number: 20160190917Abstract: The current invention relates to a power conversion device (10), for supplying a load (11) with a PWM signal through an inductive output filter (105). The power conversion device (10) comprises a power conversion module (101) supplied by a DC input voltage (Vin) and is configured for providing a plurality of output signals (PWM1, . . . , PWMn) having a level amplitude that is a fraction of the input voltage (Vin) level. Each output signal is floating with a bias component equally split in a plurality of steps ranging from a determined lowest fraction level amplitude to a determined highest fraction level amplitude. The power conversion device (10) further comprises a multiplexer (103) receiving as a plurality of inputs the plurality of output signals (PWM1, . . . , PWMn). The multiplexer is configured for outputting one output signal (PWMx) selected from the plurality of inputs, whereby the output signal (PWMx) of the multiplexer (103) is connected to the output filter (105).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2014Publication date: June 30, 2016Inventors: JULIA DELOS AYLLON, TONI LOPEZ, MACHIEL ANTONIUS MARTINUS HENDRIX, EDUARDO-JOSE ALARCON-COT