US Patent Issued to Methode Electronics on Sept. 30 for "Cloned constant current LED drive circuit and method for use" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,432,830, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Methode Electronics Inc. (Chicago).

"Cloned constant current LED drive circuit and method for use" was invented by Eric D. Sherriff (Nelson, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light emitting diode (LED) circuit is disclosed having an LED having a plurality of current paths. A controller may be included for controlling the LEDs. The LED is connected to a first transistor and a first current sink to drive a constant current through the LED through a first current path. At least one cloning transistor can establish a parallel current path through the LED and parallel to the first current pa...