Steve Nguyen

US Patent:

20120133300, May 31, 2012

Filed:

Nov 22, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/302991

Inventors:

Cristiano Bazzani - Irvine CA, US
Fabio Gozzini - Newport Beach CA, US
Steve Van Nguyen - Newport Beach CA, US

International Classification:

H05B 37/02

US Classification:

315297

Abstract:

A system is disclosed to automatically establish proper biasing for light sources in a color mixed projection system having multiple light sources which are active at the same time. Responsive to a feedback signal, a single DC-DC converter generates the bias voltage for the light sources. Comparators compare a headroom signal for each light source to a reference value to generate comparator output signals. The comparator output signals are processed by a channel selector and a digital filter/DAC module. The channel selector controls a switch to selectively provide and combine a headroom signal with an output of the digital filter/DAC module to create the feedback signal. By monitoring each headroom value, the bias voltage is adjusted, based on the feedback signal, until every headroom signal reaches the reference value thereby achieving sufficient biasing for every active light source in the color mixed projection system.