Detailed Description
Embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to like or similar elements or elements having like or similar functions throughout. The embodiments described below by referring to the drawings are illustrative only and are not to be construed as limiting the invention. Furthermore, the present invention in various examples repeat reference numerals and/or letters in the various examples, which are for the purpose of brevity and clarity, does not in itself dictate a relationship between the various embodiments and/or configurations discussed.
Referring to fig. 2, a schematic diagram of a running water type dynamic display lamp control circuit according to the present invention is shown. The circuit includes a control signal generation unit 21 and a drive control unit 22.
The control signal generating unit 21 is configured to generate a clock signal group, where the clock signal group includes a clock signal and a control signal having a timing relationship with the clock signal. Because the control signals have a strict timing relationship with the clock signals, the control signals can be derived from the clock signals, and the control signals and the clock signals together form a clock signal group. The clock signal group can be formed by a 555 chip plus a resistor-capacitor element, or can be formed by a voltage comparator plus a resistor-capacitor element. Specifically, the clock signal may be generated first, and then the other control signals may be derived.
The drive control unit 22 comprises cascade multi-stage drive control subunits (221, 222, 22 n) which are identical in structure, and each of the multi-stage drive control subunits correspondingly controls the lighting of one-stage LED lamp groups (231, 232, 23 n).
Specifically, the 1 st stage driving control subunit 221 is configured to drive the corresponding LED sub-lamp groups in the corresponding 1 st stage LED lamp group 231 to dynamically light according to the first power voltage V1 and the clock signal group, and maintain the lighting states of all the LED sub-lamp groups in the 1 st stage LED lamp group 231 according to the second power voltage V2 and the lighting result of the last group LED sub-lamp group in the 1 st stage LED lamp group 231, and provide a pull-down control signal to the next stage driving control subunit 222 to enable the corresponding LED sub-lamp groups in the corresponding next stage LED lamp group 232 to support dynamic lighting. The first power voltage V1 is greater than the second power voltage V2, for example, the first power voltage V1 is 12V, and the second power voltage V2 is 5V.
Specifically, the 2 nd stage driving control subunit 222 is configured to drive the corresponding LED sub-lamp group in the corresponding 2 nd stage LED lamp group 232 to be dynamically turned on according to the first power voltage V1, the clock signal group, and the pull-down control signal provided by the previous stage driving control subunit 221, and maintain the on state of all LED sub-lamp groups in the 2 nd stage LED lamp group according to the second power voltage V2 and the on result of the last group of LED sub-lamp groups in the 2 nd stage LED lamp group 232, and provide the pull-down control signal to the next stage driving control subunit.
Specifically, the nth stage driving control subunit 22n (n is greater than 1) is configured to drive the corresponding LED sub-lamp group in the corresponding nth stage LED lamp group 23n to be dynamically turned on according to the first power voltage V1, the clock signal group, and the pull-down control signal provided by the previous stage driving control subunit, and maintain the on state of all LED sub-lamp groups in the nth stage LED lamp group according to the second power voltage V2 and the on result of the last group LED sub-lamp group in the nth stage LED lamp group 23n, and provide the pull-down control signal to the next stage driving control subunit. It should be noted that, for the last stage driving control subunit, after the last group of LED sub-lamp groups in the last stage LED lamp group is turned on, the on state of all LED sub-lamp groups in the last stage LED lamp group is maintained, and since there is no next stage driving control subunit, there is no need to provide a pull-down control signal to the next stage driving control subunit.
The invention provides a running water type dynamic display lamp control circuit, which adopts a cascade multistage driving control subunit with the same structure through optimizing a circuit structure, wherein each stage driving control subunit correspondingly controls the lighting of a stage of LED lamp group, utilizes an externally input clock signal and a control signal with a time sequence relation with the clock signal or a pull-down control signal generated in the circuit to control each stage driving control subunit to sequentially work, thereby controlling the corresponding LED lamp group to sequentially light so as to realize a running light effect. The dynamic display lamp can replace the traditional static display lamp and is applied to indication or decoration. For example, the dynamic display lamp can replace the static indicator lamp of the existing automobile to indicate the running state of the automobile and realize the running light steering effect, and the dynamic display lamp can also replace the static decorative lamp of the existing automobile to be arranged at the positions of the door handle and the like of the automobile to realize the running light decorative effect and improve the aesthetic degree of the automobile.
Referring to fig. 3, a circuit diagram of an embodiment of the control signal generating unit of the present invention is shown. In this embodiment, the control signal generating unit 21 includes a first voltage comparator CMP1 and a control transistor Q0. The positive input end of the first voltage comparator CMP1 is configured to receive the reference voltage Vref, the negative input end thereof is connected to the charging capacitor C1, and the output end thereof outputs the clock signal CLK. The control transistor Q0 has a control terminal coupled to the output terminal of the first voltage comparator CMP1, a first terminal for receiving the reference voltage Vref and outputting a second control signal CE2 having a timing opposite to the clock signal CLK, and a second terminal grounded. Note that, for the control circuit using the D flip-flop, the second control signal CE2 may also be an enable signal for controlling the D flip-flop. By reversing the control transistor Q0, the second control signal CE2 is inverted in timing to the clock signal CLK. The clock signal CLK may be a signal with the same pulse width of high and low levels, or may be a signal with asymmetric high and low levels.
In a further embodiment, the control signal generating unit 21 further includes a first resistor R1 and a first diode D1 connected in series, and a second resistor R2 and a second diode D2 connected in series. The first resistor R1 and the first diode D1 which are connected in series are electrically connected between the negative input end and the output end of the first voltage comparator CMP1, and the second resistor R2 and the second diode D2 which are connected in series are electrically connected between the negative input end and the output end of the first voltage comparator CMP 1. The connection direction of the first diode D1 and the second diode D2 is opposite, and the first voltage comparator CMP1 outputs the high-level and low-level asymmetric clock signal by configuring the resistance values of the first resistor R1 and the second resistor R2. Specifically, the charging capacitor C1 is charged by the second resistor R2 and the second diode D2, and is discharged by the first diode D1 and the first resistor R1, and the clock signal CK can be enabled to meet the requirement that the high-level pulse width is twice the low-level pulse width by configuring the resistance value of the second resistor R2 to be twice the resistance value of the first resistor R1.
In a further embodiment, the control signal generating unit 21 further comprises a second voltage comparator CMP2. The positive input end of the first voltage comparator CMP1 is coupled to the output end of the reference voltage Vref through a third resistor R3, the output end of the first voltage comparator is electrically connected to the positive input end of the reference voltage Vref through a fourth resistor R4, the positive input end of the second voltage comparator CMP2 is connected with the charging capacitor C1, the negative input end of the second voltage comparator is electrically connected to the positive input end of the first voltage comparator CMP1 through a fifth resistor R5, and the output end of the second voltage comparator is grounded through a sixth resistor R6, and outputs a first control signal CE1. By configuring the resistances of the third resistor R3, the fourth resistor R4, the fifth resistor R5, and the sixth resistor R6, the pulse width of the first control signal CE1 is smaller than the pulse width of the clock signal CLK. Specifically, the high level pulse width of the clock signal CLK may be made twice the low level pulse width of the first control signal CE1.
The working principle of the embodiment shown in fig. 3 is further described below. After power-up (switch S1 is closed), since the charging capacitor C1 is not yet charged, the positive input terminal voltage of the first voltage comparator CMP1 is higher than the negative input terminal voltage thereof, the first voltage comparator CMP1 outputs a high level, and the negative input terminal of the second voltage comparator CMP2 is higher than the positive input terminal thereof, and the second voltage comparator CMP2 outputs a low level. Then, the charging capacitor C1 is charged with the second diode D2 through the second resistor R2, and when the voltage on the charging capacitor C1 (i.e., the voltage at the positive input terminal of the second voltage comparator CMP 2) is higher than the negative input terminal level of the second voltage comparator CMP2, the second voltage comparator CMP2 inverts and outputs a high level. However, at this time, the voltage on the charging capacitor C1 is not higher than the voltage at the forward input end of the first voltage comparator CMP1, the charging capacitor C1 continues to be charged until the voltage is higher than the voltage at the forward input end of the first voltage comparator CMP1, the first voltage comparator CMP1 inverts and outputs a low level, and the voltage at the forward input end of the first voltage comparator CMP1 becomes the voltage drop U1 at the fourth resistor R4 after the reference voltage Vref passes through the third resistor R3 and the fourth resistor R4. At this time, the charging capacitor C1 is discharged through the first diode D1 and the first resistor R1, and the voltage at the negative input terminal of the second voltage comparator CMP2 is zero, and the output of the second voltage comparator CMP2 remains at a high level. When the discharging level of the charging capacitor C1 is lower than the voltage of the positive input terminal of the first voltage comparator CMP1, the first voltage comparator CMP1 inverts and outputs a high level. At this time, the voltage of the negative input end of the second voltage comparator CMP2 suddenly changes to a voltage drop U2 on the sixth resistor R6 after the reference voltage Vref passes through the third resistor R3 and the fourth resistor R4 connected in parallel and the fifth resistor R5 and the sixth resistor R6 connected in series, and the voltage of the negative input end of the second voltage comparator CMP2 is higher than the voltage of the positive input end (i.e., the voltage after discharging on the charging capacitor C1), and the second voltage comparator CMP2 turns over and outputs a low level. The high level output by the first voltage comparator CMP1 starts to charge the charging capacitor C1 through the second resistor R2 and the second diode D2, and starts the next cycle.
The control signal generating unit 21 controls the current direction of charging and discharging the charging capacitor C1 by using two diodes D1, D2 of different directions. The charge-discharge time is determined by the capacitance of the charge capacitor C1 and the resistances of the second resistor R2 and the first resistor R1. Since the clock signal CLK output from the first voltage comparator CMP1 is at a high level when the charging capacitor C1 is charged and the clock signal CLK output from the first voltage comparator CMP1 is at a low level when the charging capacitor C1 is discharged, the resistance of the second resistor R2 is twice the resistance of the first resistor R1 since the time required to satisfy the high level of the clock signal CLK is twice the time required to satisfy the low level thereof. The time of charging and discharging also depends on the voltage at the positive input of the first voltage comparator CMP1, since the negative input is connected across the charging capacitor C1, and when the voltage across the charging capacitor C1 is charged or discharged to a voltage higher or lower than the voltage at the positive input of the first voltage comparator CMP1, the output of the first voltage comparator CMP1 will be inverted. When the output of the first voltage comparator CMP1 is zero, the voltage at the positive input terminal is the voltage drop U1 of the reference voltage Vref across the third resistor R3 and the fourth resistor R4, i.e., u1=vref×r4/(r4+r3). When the first voltage comparator CMP1 outputs a high level, the voltage at the positive input end is approximately equal to the voltage of the reference voltage Vref (r5+r6)/(r4// r3+r5+r6) after passing through the third resistor R3 and the fourth resistor R4 in parallel, and the fifth resistor R5 and the sixth resistor R6 in series, and then the voltage is divided by U1' across the fifth resistor R5 and the sixth resistor R6 in series. When the first voltage comparator CMP1 outputs a high level, the voltage at the negative input terminal of the second voltage comparator CMP2 is u2=vref×r6/(r4// r3+r5+r6), and the voltage at the negative input terminal of the second voltage comparator CMP2 is lower than the voltage at the positive input terminal of the first voltage comparator CMP1, so that the output of the second voltage comparator CMP2 is inverted before the output of the first voltage comparator CMP1, and a first control signal CE1 with a narrower pulse than the clock signal CLK output by the first voltage comparator CMP1 is generated. By reasonably setting and adjusting the resistance values of the resistors R3, R4, R5 and R6, the clock signal CLK with the required pulse width and the first control signal CE1 with the pulse width half of the pulse width of the clock signal CLK can be generated. The second control signal CE2 may be obtained from the clock signal CLK through inversion. In the embodiment, components such as a voltage comparator and an external resistor-capacitor are adopted to generate the clock signal group, so that the circuit cost is effectively saved.
Referring to fig. 4, a circuit diagram of a first embodiment of a running water type dynamic display lamp control circuit according to the present invention is shown. In this embodiment, the driving control subunit includes a first pull-up transistor (e.g., the first pull-up transistor Q10 of the level 1 driving control subunit 221, the first pull-up transistor Q20 of the level 2 driving control subunit 222 are illustrated), a first switch transistor (e.g., the first switch transistor M10 of the level 1 driving control subunit 221, the first switch transistor M20 of the level 2 driving control subunit 222 are illustrated), and a pull-down transistor (e.g., the pull-down transistor Q19 of the level 1 driving control subunit 221, the pull-down transistor Q29 of the level 2 driving control subunit 222 are illustrated). Each stage of LED lamp group comprises a first LED sub-lamp group (such as a first LED sub-lamp group LED1 of a1 st stage LED lamp group and a first LED sub-lamp group LED4 of a 2 nd stage LED lamp group in the diagram), a second LED sub-lamp group (such as a second LED sub-lamp group LED2 of the 1 st stage LED lamp group and a second LED sub-lamp group LED5 of the 2 nd stage LED lamp group in the diagram) and a third LED sub-lamp group (such as a third LED sub-lamp group LED3 of the 1 st stage LED lamp group and a third LED sub-lamp group LED6 of the 2 nd stage LED lamp group in the diagram) which are sequentially connected.
The control terminal of the first pull-up transistor (Q10, Q20) is coupled to the output terminal of the first power voltage V1, the first terminal thereof is electrically connected to the first LED sub-lamp group (LED 1, LED 4) in the current LED lamp group, and the second terminal thereof is coupled to the output terminal of the first power voltage V1. The control ends of the first switch tubes (M10, M20) are coupled to the output ends of the clock signal CLK and are electrically connected to the first LED sub-lamp group (LED 1, LED 4) in the current LED lamp group through a feedback resistor (R4, R18), the first ends of the first switch tubes are coupled to the output ends of the first power supply voltage V1, and the second ends of the first switch tubes are grounded (aiming at the 1 st stage driving control subunit) or used for receiving pull-down control signals (aiming at the driving control subunit after the 1 st stage) provided by the previous stage driving control subunit. The control terminals of the pull-down transistors (Q19, Q29) are coupled to the input terminals (LED 3, LED 6) of the last LED sub-lamp group of the current LED lamp group, the first terminals thereof are coupled to the output terminal of the second power supply voltage V2, and the second terminals thereof are electrically connected to the second terminals of the first switch transistors of the next stage driving control sub-unit to provide pull-down control signals (for the last stage 1 driving control sub-unit, the control terminals of the corresponding pull-down transistors are coupled only to the output terminal of the second power supply voltage V2), and the second terminals thereof are grounded. Wherein the first pull-up transistor (Q10, Q20) and the pull-down transistor (Q19, Q29) are operated in different electrode current directions. Specifically, the first pull-up transistor (Q10, Q20) is turned on and maintained on in response to the first power supply voltage V1, the first switching transistor (M10, M20) is turned on and maintained on in response to the clock signal (for the 1 st stage drive control subunit), or is turned on and maintained on in response to a pull-down control signal provided by a previous stage drive control subunit and the clock signal (for the drive control subunit after the 1 st stage), and the pull-down transistor (Q19, Q29) is turned on and maintained on in response to the lighting of the last LED sub-lamp group (LED 3, LED 6) of the current LED lamp group. The first power voltage V1 is greater than the second power voltage V2, for example, the first power voltage V1 is 12V, and the second power voltage V2 is 5V.
In this embodiment, the first ends of the first pull-up transistors (Q10, Q20) are electrically connected to the anodes of the first LED sub-lamp groups (LED 1, LED 4), the cathodes of the third LED sub-lamp groups (LED 3, LED 6) are grounded, and the driving control sub-unit further includes a first transistor (e.g., a first transistor Q11 of the stage 1 driving control sub-unit 221, a first transistor Q21 of the stage 2 driving control sub-unit 222 are illustrated), and a second transistor (e.g., a second transistor Q12 of the stage 1 driving control sub-unit 221, a second transistor Q22 of the stage 2 driving control sub-unit 222 are illustrated).
The control terminal of the first transistor (Q11, Q21) is coupled to the output terminal of the second power voltage V2 and the first terminal of the pull-down transistor (Q19, Q29), the first terminal of which is electrically connected to the negative electrode of the first LED sub-lamp group (LED 1, LED 4), and the second terminal of which is for receiving the first control signal CE1. Wherein, the high level pulse width of the clock signal CLK is twice the low level pulse width thereof, the first control signal CE1 is derived from the clock signal CLK, and the low level thereof has a hold time half of the high level duration of the clock signal CLK.
The control terminal of the second transistor (Q12, Q22) is coupled to the output terminal of the second power voltage V2 and the first terminal of the pull-down transistor (Q19, Q29), the first terminal of which is electrically connected to the negative electrode of the second LED sub-lamp group (LED 2, LED 5), and the second terminal of which is for receiving the second control signal CE2. Wherein the second control signal CE2 is derived from the clock signal CLK and is opposite in timing to the clock signal CLK.
In this embodiment, the control terminals of the pull-down transistors (Q19, Q29) are coupled to the positive electrode of the third LED sub-lamp group (LED 3, LED 6) and simultaneously to ground. In this embodiment, each stage of LED lamp group sequentially works, and the first LED sub-lamp group (LED 4), the second LED sub-lamp group (LED 2, LED 5) and the third LED sub-lamp group (LED 3, LED 6) in each stage of LED lamp group sequentially light up.
Specifically, in the present embodiment, the first pull-up transistors (Q10, Q20), the pull-down transistors (Q19, Q29), the first transistors (Q11, Q21), and the second transistors (Q12, Q22) are all transistors. The base electrode of the triode is used as a control end of the corresponding transistor, the collector electrode of the triode is used as a first end of the corresponding transistor, and the emitter electrode of the triode is used as a second end of the corresponding transistor. In this embodiment, the first switching tube (M10, M20) is an NMOS tube, a gate of the NMOS tube is used as a control end of the first switching tube, a drain of the NMOS tube is used as a first end of the first switching tube, and a source of the NMOS tube is used as a second end of the first switching tube. The current directions of electrodes of the first pull-up transistor (Q10, Q20) and the pull-down transistor (Q19, Q29) are different when in operation, and the current directions of the electrodes of the first transistor, the second transistor and the pull-down transistor are the same when in operation. For example, PNP type triodes are adopted as the first pull-up transistors (Q10, Q20), and NPN type triodes are adopted as the pull-down transistors (Q19, Q29), the first transistors (Q11, Q21) and the second transistors (Q12, Q22). One or more of the first pull-up transistors (Q10, Q20), the pull-down transistors (Q19, Q29), the first transistors (Q11, Q21) and the second transistors (Q12, Q22) may also use corresponding MOS transistors, and the first switching transistors (M10, M20) may also use corresponding transistors.
The working principle of the embodiment shown in fig. 4 is further described below. The circuit is divided into two identical parts (stage 1, stage 2 as shown), the operation of stage 2 depending on whether M20 is on or not, and whether M20 is on or not depending on whether Q19 is on or not in stage 1. I.e. stage 1 works first, stage 2 works then, stage 1 works sequentially with stage 2, and the three LED sub-lamp groups in each stage are also sequentially lighted. Specifically, in the T1-T2 stage, CLK is high, CE1 and CE2 are low, Q10, M10, Q11 and Q12 in the 1 st stage are on, LED1 is lighted, in the T2-T3 stage, CE1 becomes high, Q11 is off, CE2 is low, so that Q12 remains on, LED1 and LED2 are lighted, in the T3-T4 stage, CLK becomes low, CE2 becomes high, but because of the feedback resistor R4, M10 remains on, Q12 is off, and LEDs 1,2 and 3 are turned on. Since the voltage drop is generated after the LED3 is turned on, the voltage drop acts on R7 and R25, Q19 is also conducted, and M20 in the 2 nd stage has a conducting condition, since the CLK is low, M20 cannot be conducted, and M20 is conducted after the CLK becomes high again and starts the next period, and the 2 nd stage starts the process of sequentially turning on the LEDs 4, 5 and 6 in the same order as the 1 st stage. The conduction of the Q19 can not lead the Q11 and the Q12 to be conducted again, so that the LEDs 2 and 3 can not be extinguished after being lightened, and the LED lightening process is ensured to be a unidirectional sequential lightening process. In the figure, six LED sub-lamp groups are sequentially lighted, and if the LED sub-lamp groups are required to be added, the same cascade circuit can be added after the 2 nd stage. According to the embodiment, the sequential lighting flowing effect of all LED sub-lamp groups can be realized under the control of the three pulse signals CLK, CE1 and CE2, a plurality of paths of D triggers are not needed, the circuit design is simplified, and the circuit cost is saved.
In this embodiment, the voltage between the base (B) and the emitter (E) of the transistor or between the gate (G) and the source (S) of the MOS transistor is changed by using an externally input clock control signal (clock signal or a derivative control signal thereof) or by using voltage level conversion inside the circuit, so as to control the conduction of the transistor or the MOS transistor. In this embodiment, after stage 1, the emitter (E) of the transistor or the source (S) of the MOS transistor, which is usually fixed to the reference ground of the circuit, is designed to float, and the corresponding level changes according to the externally input clock control signal or the voltage change of the internal circuit, and when the emitter (E) of the transistor or the source (S) of the MOS transistor is set to a high level, the transistor is not turned on even if the base (B) of the transistor or the gate (G) of the MOS transistor is set to a high level. Based on the improvement, the voltage of the emitter electrode (E) or the source electrode (S) of the transistor can be controlled by using a clock control signal in the same-stage circuit so as to control the conduction of the transistor, and the base electrode (B) or the grid electrode (G) of the transistor with the variable voltage of the emitter electrode (E) or the source electrode (S) can be locked into a low level by the last transistor after all transistors of the driving control subunit of the same stage are conducted, so that the state of the transistor in the stage is locked into the non-conduction state, and the lighting state of all LED sub-lamp groups in the same stage is always kept after the LED sub-lamp groups are lighted. The sequential lighting between the stages is also realized by controlling the voltages of the emitters of the corresponding transistors or the sources of the MOS transistors. When the last transistor of the previous stage is not conducted, the emitter of the transistor or the drain of the MOS transistor of the next stage is at a high level, and at this time, the change of the clock signal cannot conduct the transistor or the MOS transistor of the next stage. And after the last transistor of the previous stage is conducted, the emitter or the source of the first transistor or the MOS transistor of the following stage is pulled down, so that the first transistor or the MOS transistor of the following stage has a conducting condition. At this time, a clock signal is added to sequentially turn on the transistors of the following stage, so that the LED sub-lamp groups in the circuit are sequentially turned on to generate the effect of flowing water.
Referring to fig. 5, a circuit diagram of a second embodiment of the running water type dynamic display lamp control circuit of the present invention is shown, which shows all circuits of level 1 and part of circuits of level 2, wherein the structures of level 1 and level 2 are the same, and undescribed details of level 2 can be shown by referring to level 1. Unlike the embodiment shown in fig. 4, in this embodiment, each stage of LED lamp group includes a first LED sub-lamp group LED1, a second LED sub-lamp group LED2, a third LED sub-lamp group LED3, and a fourth LED sub-lamp group LED4, a fifth LED sub-lamp group LED5, and a sixth LED sub-lamp group LED6, which are sequentially connected, and the driving control subunit includes a first transistor (Q10, Q20), a first switching transistor (M10, M20), and a pull-down transistor (Q19 only) which are the same as those shown in fig. 4, and further includes a first transistor (Q11 only, Q18 only, M12 only, and Q12 only) in the drawing.
In this embodiment, the control terminal of the first transistor Q11 is coupled to the output terminal of the second power voltage V2 and the first terminal of the pull-down transistor Q19, and the first terminal thereof is electrically connected to the negative electrode of the second LED sub-lamp group LED2 and the second terminal thereof is for receiving the first control signal CE1. Wherein, the high level pulse width of the clock signal CLK is twice the low level pulse width thereof, the first control signal CE1 is derived from the clock signal CLK, and the low level thereof has a hold time half of the high level duration of the clock signal CLK.
The control terminal of the second pull-up transistor Q18 is coupled to the output terminal of the first power voltage V1, the first terminal thereof is electrically connected to the anode of the fourth LED sub-lamp group LED4, and the second terminal thereof is coupled to the output terminal of the first power voltage V1 (similar to the connection of the first pull-up transistor Q11).
The gate of the second NMOS transistor M12 is coupled to the negative electrode of the second LED sub-lamp set LED2 and is coupled to the ground, the drain thereof is coupled to the output terminal of the first power voltage V1, and the source thereof is grounded.
The control terminal of the second transistor Q12 is coupled to the output terminal of the second power voltage V2 and the first terminal of the pull-down transistor Q19, and the first terminal thereof is electrically connected to the negative electrode of the fourth LED sub-light group LED4, and the second terminal thereof is for receiving the second control signal CE2. Wherein the second control signal CE2 is derived from the clock signal CLK and is opposite in timing to the clock signal CLK.
In this embodiment, the control terminal of the pull-down transistor Q19 is coupled to the positive electrode of the fifth LED sub-lamp group LED5 and is also coupled to the ground terminal. In this embodiment, each stage of LED lamp sets sequentially works, and the first LED sub-lamp set LED1 and the second LED sub-lamp set LED2 in each stage of LED lamp set are simultaneously turned on, the third LED sub-lamp set LED3 and the fourth LED sub-lamp set LED4 are simultaneously turned on, the fifth LED sub-lamp set LED5 and the sixth LED sub-lamp set LED6 are simultaneously turned on, and the three LED sub-lamp sets sequentially turn on. That is, in the present embodiment, in the LED lamp groups of the same stage, two LED sub-lamp groups are simultaneously lighted as one group.
Specifically, in this embodiment, the first pull-up transistor Q10, the pull-down transistor Q19, the first transistor Q11, the second pull-up transistor Q18, and the second transistor Q12 all use transistors. The base electrode of the triode is used as a control end of the corresponding transistor, the collector electrode of the triode is used as a first end of the corresponding transistor, and the emitter electrode of the triode is used as a second end of the corresponding transistor. In this embodiment, the first switching tube (M10, M20) is an NMOS tube, a gate of the NMOS tube is used as a control end of the first switching tube, a drain of the NMOS tube is used as a first end of the first switching tube, and a source of the NMOS tube is used as a second end of the first switching tube. The first pull-up transistor Q10 and the second pull-up transistor Q18 are PNP type triodes, and the pull-down transistor Q19, the first transistor Q11 and the second transistor Q12 are NPN type triodes.
The working principle of the embodiment shown in fig. 5 is further described below. The circuit is divided into two identical parts (stage 1, stage 2 as shown), the operation of stage 2 depending on whether M20 is on or not, and whether M20 is on or not depending on whether Q19 is on or not in stage 1. The 1 st stage works first, the 2 nd stage works then, the 1 st stage and the 2 nd stage work sequentially, and two groups of six LED sub-lamps in each stage are sequentially lighted. Specifically, in the T1-T2 stage, CLK is high, CE1 and CE2 are low, Q10, M10 and Q11 in the 1 st stage are on, LED1 and LED2 are on, in the T2-T3 stage, CE1 is high, Q11 is off, LED3 is on, M12 is on after LED3 is on, since CE2 is still kept low, Q12 is on, LED4 is on, in the T3-T4 stage, CLK is low, CE2 is high, but because of the feedback resistor R4, M10 is kept on, Q12 is off, and LEDs 5 and 6 are on. Since the voltage drop is generated after the LEDs 5 and 6 are lighted, the Q19 is also conducted, so that the M20 in the 2 nd stage has a conducting condition, and since the CLK is at a low level, the M20 cannot be conducted, and after the CLK becomes high again and starts the next period, the M20 is conducted, and the 2 nd stage starts the same sequence lighting process as the 1 st stage. Q19 is conducted, and meanwhile Q11 and Q12 are not conducted again, so that LEDs 3-6 are not extinguished after being lightened, and the LED is lightened in a unidirectional sequential mode.
Referring to fig. 6, a circuit diagram of a third embodiment of the flow-through dynamic display lamp control circuit of the present invention is shown. The difference from the embodiment shown in fig. 4 is that in this embodiment, the drive control subunit includes only the first pull-up transistors (Q10, Q20), the first switching transistors (M10, M20), and the pull-down transistors (Q19, Q29) that are the same as those shown in fig. 4. In this embodiment, the three LED sub-lamp groups are simultaneously lighted, that is, in the figure, LED1, LED2, and LED3 are in one group, and LED4, LED5, and LED6 are in one group, and one group is sequentially lighted. In this case the clock control signal and the drive control circuit for each group of LED lamps becomes much simpler.
In this embodiment, the control terminal of the first switching transistor M10 of the current driving control subunit is coupled to the output terminal of the clock signal CLK1, and the control terminal of the first switching transistor M20 of the next driving control subunit is coupled to the first control signal CLK2. Wherein, the high and low level pulse widths of the clock signal CLK1 are the same, and the first control signal CLK2 is derived from the clock signal CLK1 and is opposite to the clock signal CLK1 in timing.
In this embodiment, the control terminal of the pull-down transistor Q19 of the current stage driving control subunit is coupled to the positive electrode of the third LED sub-lamp group LED3 or the positive electrode of the second LED sub-lamp group LED2, and is also coupled to the ground terminal. In this embodiment, the first LED sub-lamp group LED1, the second LED sub-lamp group LED2, and the third LED sub-lamp group LED2 are simultaneously turned on. That is, in the present embodiment, in the LED lamp groups of the same stage, 3 LED sub-lamp groups are simultaneously lighted as a group.
Specifically, in this embodiment, the first pull-up transistors (Q10, Q20) and the pull-down transistors (Q19, Q29) are all transistors. The base electrode of the triode is used as a control end of the corresponding transistor, the collector electrode of the triode is used as a first end of the corresponding transistor, and the emitter electrode of the triode is used as a second end of the corresponding transistor. In this embodiment, the first switching tube (M10, M20) is an NMOS tube, a gate of the NMOS tube is used as a control end of the first switching tube, a drain of the NMOS tube is used as a first end of the first switching tube, and a source of the NMOS tube is used as a second end of the first switching tube. The first pull-up transistors (Q10, Q20) are PNP type triodes, and the pull-down transistors (Q19, Q29) are NPN type triodes.
The working principle of the embodiment shown in fig. 6 is further described below. The circuit is divided into two identical parts (stage 1, stage 2 as shown), the operation of stage 2 depending on whether M20 is on or not, and whether M20 is on or not depending on whether Q19 is on or not in stage 1. I.e. stage 1 works first, stage 2 works then, stage 1 works sequentially with stage 2, and 3 LED sub-lamp groups in each stage are lighted at the same time. Specifically, when CLK1 is high, Q10 and M10 in stage 1 are turned on, and M10 is kept in a locked on state by feedback of feedback resistor R4, and LED1, LED2, and LED3 are turned on, and at the same time, Q19 is turned on due to voltage drop generated after LED2 and LED3 are turned on, and the source of M20 in stage 2 is pulled low, so that M20 in stage 2 has a conduction condition, and since CLK2 is low, M20 cannot be turned on yet because the source of M20 is pulled down by Q19, ready for conduction when CLK2 is high. While Q29 in stage 2 is not conductive, the gate of M30 in stage 3 of the next cascade is connected to CLK1, but since Q29 in stage 2 is not conductive, M30 in stage 3 is also not conductive. Likewise, if there are other stages in the cascade following stage 3, they will not be turned on. Then CLK1 goes low and CLK2 goes high, M10 in stage 1 gets feedback voltage by means of feedback resistor R4 to keep on, thereby keeping LEDs 1-3 on, and stage 2 repeats the stage 1 on process and prepares for stage 3 on after CLK1 goes high again. Each of the cascaded drive control subcircuits is thus turned on sequentially under the control of CLK1, CLK 2.
Because the LED sub-lamp groups in each stage are connected in series, and the LED lamps have forward conduction voltage drop when being lighted. If only one current limiting resistor is used at the second end of the first pull-up transistor of each stage driving control subunit, the current flowing through each LED sub-lamp group when being lighted is different, and the brightness of each LED sub-lamp group is different. Preferably, a constant current control transistor is configured at the pull-up transistor of each stage to form a constant current source module, so that the current of each LED sub-lamp group which is sequentially conducted in each stage is equal, and the current of each LED sub-lamp group when being sequentially lighted is approximately equal by configuring current limiting resistors with different resistance values at the output end of each LED sub-lamp group.
Referring to fig. 7, a circuit diagram of a fourth embodiment of the flow-through dynamic display lamp control circuit of the present invention is shown. In this embodiment, a constant current control transistor Q17 is added to each driving control subunit (for example, the driving control subunit 221 shown in the drawing), the control end of the constant current control transistor Q17 is electrically connected to the second end of the first pull-up transistor Q10, the first end of the constant current control transistor Q17 is electrically connected to the control end of the first pull-up transistor Q10, and the second end of the constant current control transistor Q10 is electrically connected to the output end of the first power supply voltage V1, where the current directions of the electrodes of the first pull-up transistor Q10 and the constant current control transistor Q17 are the same when they work.
Specifically, the constant current control transistor Q17 also adopts a triode, the base electrode of the triode is used as the control end of the corresponding transistor, the collector electrode of the triode is used as the first end of the corresponding transistor, and the emitter electrode of the triode is used as the second end of the corresponding transistor. For example, the first pull-up transistor Q10 and the constant current control transistor Q17 are NPN transistors, and the base electrode of the constant current control transistor Q17 is electrically connected to the emitter electrode of the first pull-up transistor Q10, the collector electrode thereof is electrically connected to the base electrode of the first pull-up transistor Q10, and the emitter electrode thereof is electrically connected to the output terminal of the first power supply voltage V1.
By adding the constant current control transistor Q17, a constant current source module can be formed with the corresponding first pull-up transistor Q10, so that when the LED sub-lamp groups controlled by the drive control sub-unit in the circuit are sequentially turned on, the current flowing through each LED sub-lamp group is equal (i1=i2=i3), that is, the brightness of all the LED sub-lamp groups is consistent after the LED sub-lamp groups are sequentially turned on.
Referring to fig. 8, a circuit diagram of a fifth embodiment of a running water type dynamic display lamp control circuit according to the present invention is shown. In this embodiment, in each driving control subunit (for example, the driving control subunit 221 is shown in the drawing), current limiting resistors R101, R102, R103 with different resistance values are configured at the output end of each LED sub-lamp group, so as to implement constant current. Specifically, a first end of the first transistor Q11 is electrically connected to a negative electrode of the first LED sub-lamp group LED1 through a corresponding first current limiting resistor R101, first ends of the second transistors Q12 and Q are electrically connected to a negative electrode of the second LED sub-lamp group LED2 through a corresponding second current limiting resistor R102, and a negative electrode of the third LED sub-lamp group LED3 is electrically connected to a ground through a corresponding third current limiting resistor R103. The resistances of the first current limiting resistor R101, the second current limiting resistor R102, and the third current limiting resistor R103 are configured, so that when the first LED sub-lamp group LED1, the second LED sub-lamp group LED2, and the third LED sub-lamp group LED3 are sequentially turned on in turn, the currents flowing through each LED sub-lamp group are equal (i1=i2=i3), that is, the brightness of all LED sub-lamp groups is uniform after being sequentially turned on.
Referring to fig. 9, a schematic diagram of an embodiment of an LED lamp set according to the present invention is shown. In this embodiment, each stage of LED lamp group includes a plurality of LED sub-lamp groups connected in series, and each LED sub-lamp group includes a plurality of LED lamps connected in parallel with each other. That is, each LED sub-lamp group in the circuit can be regarded as an LED sub-lamp group formed by connecting one or more LED lamps in parallel, each LED sub-lamp group is connected in series, and the number of the LED sub-lamp groups connected in series is determined by the working voltage range provided by the vehicle body and the forward conduction voltage drop of the LEDs. If the working voltage range provided by the vehicle body is 9V-16V and the forward conduction voltage drop of the LED sub-lamp group (single LED lamp or a plurality of LED lamps connected in parallel) is 2.3V, three LED sub-lamp groups can be connected in series. The transistors in the figure are used to sequentially illuminate the transistors of the individual LED sub-lamp groups as switches. In the above circuit example of the present invention, only one LED lamp is schematically shown in one LED sub-lamp group, but each LED sub-lamp group may be regarded as being formed by connecting one or several LED lamps in parallel, and each LED sub-lamp group may be simultaneously lighted. The design can lead the cost of the control circuit to be unchanged, increase the number of the LED lamps which can be lightened, and save the cost of the circuit.
The foregoing is merely illustrative of the preferred embodiments of this invention, and it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that variations and modifications may be made without departing from the principles of the invention, and such variations and modifications are to be regarded as being within the scope of the invention.