ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,526,894, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"LED driving circuit, LED powering circuit, and LED lighting device" was invented by Shan Qing (Shanghai), Guy Louis Paul De Bondt (Antwerpen, Netherlands), Junwei Tian (Shanghai), Dalibor Cvoric (Gelderland, Netherlands), Morna Shen (Shanghai), Hermanus Johannes Maria Vos (Waalre, Netherlands) and Frits Tobi De Jongh (Beek en Donk, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In order to provide a balance between a fast start-up in start-up phase and a low light output ripple in normal operation phase, it is provided a LED driving circuit comprising...