US Patent Issued to Chengdu Monolithic Power Systems on Sept. 30 for "Light emitting element driver with shunt dimming function and control methods thereof" (Chinese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,432,826, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Chengdu Monolithic Power Systems Co. Ltd. (Sichuan, China).

"Light emitting element driver with shunt dimming function and control methods thereof" was invented by Zilin Fan (Hangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control circuit for a light emitting element driver having a power converter and a shunt switch connected in parallel with the light emitting element. The control circuit has a first control circuit and a second control circuit. The first control circuit provides a dimming process signal and a shunt control signal based on a dimming signal. The second control circuit recei...