Patents by Inventor Zuo-Shang Yu

Zuo-Shang Yu 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: 8476843
    Abstract: A driving circuit for a single-string light-emitting diode (LED) lamp includes a push-pull converter. The push-pull converter converts an input low DC voltage (such as 12-19V) to a high DC voltage (such as above 200V) to supply power to the single-string LED lamp. The driving circuit controls a lamp current flowing through the single-string LED lamp by constant current and adjusts brightness of the single-string LED lamp by pulse-width modulation (PWM) dimming. In addition, the single-string LED lamp provides the standardization design for connectors of the driving circuit used to connect to the single-string LED lamp so that the driving circuit has a better common-use characteristic. Moreover, the driving circuit does not need a current balance circuit and only needs a cheaper and general-purpose integrated circuit to control the push-pull converter to reduce design cost of the driving circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: TPV Electronics (Fujian) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zuo-Shang Yu, Tsung-Yen Lee
  • Patent number: 8368322
    Abstract: A driving circuit for an LED lamp including no more than 4 strings each having an input and an output terminals outputs a DC voltage of no more than 70V to the input terminals. The driving circuit includes constant current circuits each coupled between the output terminal of a corresponding string and ground. An on-off control signal controls whether the constant current circuits work to control whether the LED lamp works. A dimming control signal controls a duty cycle of working of to the constant current circuits to control a brightness of the LED lamp. The driving circuit further includes an overvoltage protection circuit and a switch. When a voltage at one input terminal is too high or a short circuit occurs in one string, the overvoltage protection circuit outputs an overvoltage control signal and accordingly the switch forces the on-off control signal to control the constant current circuits not to work.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: TPV Electronics (Fujian) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zuo-Shang Yu, Tsung-Yen Lee, Jie Feng
  • Publication number: 20120181950
    Abstract: A driving circuit for a single-string light-emitting diode (LED) lamp includes a push-pull converter. The push-pull converter converts an input low DC voltage (such as 12-19V) to a high DC voltage (such as above 200V) to supply power to the single-string LED lamp. The driving circuit controls a lamp current flowing through the single-string LED lamp by means of constant current and adjusts brightness of the single-string LED lamp by means of pulse-width modulation (PWM) dimming. In addition, the single-string LED lamp provides the standardization design for connectors of the driving circuit used to connect to the single-string LED lamp so that the driving circuit has better common-use characteristic. Moreover, the driving circuit does not need a current balance circuit and only needs a cheaper and general-purpose integrated circuit to control the push-pull converter to reduce design cost of the driving circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2011
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: TPV ELECTRONICS (FUJIAN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: ZUO-SHANG YU, TSUNG-YEN LEE
  • Publication number: 20120176565
    Abstract: An LED lamp tube includes a plurality of primary light emitting units connected in series. Each of the primary light emitting units includes a plurality of light emitting sub-units connected in parallel. Each of the light emitting sub-units includes at least one light emitting diode. A liquid crystal display device includes the LED lamp tube, a drive circuit, an optical module and a liquid crystal layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2012
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: TPV ELECTRONICS (FUJIAN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zuo-Shang YU, Jin-Ching Chuang
  • Publication number: 20110309758
    Abstract: A driving circuit for an LED lamp including no more than 4 strings each having an input and an output terminals outputs a DC voltage of no more than 70V to the input terminals. The driving circuit includes constant current circuits each coupled between the output terminal of a corresponding string and ground. An on-off control signal controls whether the constant current circuits work to control whether the LED lamp works. A dimming control signal controls a duty cycle of working of to the constant current circuits to control a brightness of the LED lamp. The driving circuit further includes an overvoltage protection circuit and a switch. When a voltage at one input terminal is too high or a short circuit occurs in one string, the overvoltage protection circuit outputs an overvoltage control signal and accordingly the switch forces the on-off control signal to control the constant current circuits not to work.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: TPV ELECTRONICS (FUJIAN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: ZUO-SHANG YU, TSUNG-YEN LEE, JIE FENG