Light Emitting Device Control Circuit Time Division Drive

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing light emitting device control circuits face challenges in reducing energy consumption and preventing noise caused by simultaneous on/off switching of light emitting devices, as they lack effective methods to shift ON-OFF timings and manage current concentration.

Innovation Solution

A light emitting device control circuit device that employs multiple drive control lines and pulse voltage supplying lines to drive light emitting devices with a predetermined delay, ensuring time division drive and preventing simultaneous current concentration, thereby reducing energy consumption and noise.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Illumination intensity

If multiple light emitting devices are driven simultaneously, then the illumination intensity is improved, but the current consumption concentration increases causing noise

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveillumination intensityVSAvoidnoise
Core Design Contradiction:
Illumination intensityVSObject-generated harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies periodic action by driving light emitting devices in sequential time divisions rather than simultaneously. The drive control lines activate different groups of light emitting devices at different time intervals, creating a periodic driving pattern that distributes current consumption over time, thereby reducing noise while maintaining overall illumination intensity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #19Periodic action

2Object-generated harmful factors

If light emitting devices are driven in time-division manner, then the noise is reduced, but the illumination intensity decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
ImprovenoiseVSAvoidillumination intensity
Core Design Contradiction:
Object-generated harmful factorsVSIllumination intensity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges multiple drive control lines to simultaneously control multiple groups of light emitting devices. By combining the output of several drive control lines that operate in time-division manner, the system achieves both noise reduction through sequential driving and maintains illumination intensity by having multiple groups of light emitting devices active at different times.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

3Use of energy by moving object

If pulse voltage is supplied to multiple light emitting devices, then the energy consumption is improved, but the current concentration at switching timing increases causing noise

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveenergy consumptionVSAvoidnoise
Core Design Contradiction:
Use of energy by moving objectVSObject-generated harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the pulse voltage supply by dividing it into multiple time-division intervals through separate drive control lines. Each drive control line receives pulse voltage at different time intervals, which segments the current consumption concentration into smaller, distributed peaks rather than a single large peak, thereby reducing noise while maintaining energy efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

The solution effectively shifts ON-OFF timings of light emitting devices in a matrix pattern, preventing current concentration and noise, while optimizing energy usage by supplying voltage only during necessary periods.

Implementation Method 1

a semiconductor device well known as a light emitting device or a display device, a light emitting diode (LED) or an organic light emitting diode (OLED), and a laser diode (LD) are known

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectLight emitting diode effect: Light Emitting Diode

Data Source

PatentUS9066384B2Light emitting device control circuit device and control method of the control circuit device
Publication Date: 2015.06.23 ROHM CO LTD
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AI summary

The light emitting device control circuit device 100 in accordance with the disclosure includes a power source V1, a transistor TR1, a light emitting unit EU1, switches S1 to S17, constant current sources CC1 to CC17, and a controller 110. A switching voltage Vs1 is supplied from the controller 110 to turn ON or turn OFF the transistor TR intermittently, a pulse voltage is supplied to a pulse voltage supplying line Y1 connected to a drain terminal D of the transistor TR1. The driving signals SP1 to SP17 are sequentially supplied to the switches S1 to S17 to turn ON or turn OFF them (i.e., time division drive). The light emitting devices A1 to A17 are driven sequentially by a pulse current (i.e., time division drive) when a high voltage is supplied to the pulse voltage supplying line Y1 and when the driving signals SP1 to SP17 are turned ON.