The present invention relates to a driver device (40; 50; 60) and a corresponding driving method for driving a load (12), in particular an LED unit (12) including one or more LEDs, said driver device comprising a power input unit (14) for receiving an input voltage (V10) from an external power supply (18) and for providing a rectified supply voltage (V12), a controllable resistor (48) for providing a load current (I L) to power the load (12), a frequency filter (42) connected to the power input unit (14) for providing a voltage (V18) to the load (12), wherein the frequency filter (42) is partially coupled in parallel to the load (12) and connected to the controllable resistor (48) to provide a substantially constant electrical power to the load (12).