摘要:
Disclosed are devices and related methods for optimally extending the range of light output of solid-state light sources, particularly at minimum light levels, through a power converter that includes a phase detector, a processing unit and a switch. The phase detector is configured to receive a voltage signal and to detect rising edges of waveforms of the voltage signal. The processing unit is configured to initiate a predetermined shutdown period in response to each detected rising edge. The switch is configured to provide a control signal that deactivates the power converter during the shutdown period, preventing the power converter from providing power to the solid state light unit during the shutdown period.
摘要:
An apparatus and method for a switching power supply (200) for providing power factor correction and an output voltage (32) to at least one LED-based light source (100) via control of a single switch (20), without requiring a voltage regulation feedback control loop associated with the at least one LED-based light source during normal operation of the LED-based light source, is disclosed. At least one controller (360) is coupled to the single switch (20) for controlling the single switch using a fixed off time (FOT) control technique.
摘要:
Provided is an LED driving apparatus capable of improving a power factor through a non-insulation type simplified circuit structure, being adaptable to a triac dimmer, being miniaturized to be economical, and including: a light emitting unit having at least one LED; a rectifier rectifying an alternate current(AC) voltage applied from external power; a power supply unit supplying driving power to the light emitting unit, and having an inductor connected to an output terminal of the light emitting unit; a switch controller receiving a voltage outputted from the rectifier to generate a reference voltage in proportion to the voltage outputted from the rectifier, and comparing the reference voltage with an input voltage generated by detecting a current flowing in the inductor, and controlling an on or off operation of a switch so as to proportion a waveform connecting peaks of the current flowing in the inductor to a waveform represented from the input voltage by turning the switch off at a point of time at which the voltages coincide with each other; and a switch connected to the switch controller to control power inputted from the light emitting unit.
摘要:
A circuit for a dimmer system is disclosed, in which a phase-cut dimmer output signal is converted to a dimming control level signal. The phase-cut dimmer output signal is used to generated a pulse modulated signal indicative of the duty cycle of the phase cut dimmer output signal, and the pulse modulated signal is directly converted to a piece-wise linear dimming control level signal. By directly converting the pulse modulated signal to a piece-wise linear dimming control level signal, no further processing is necessary to produce a dimming signal which closely resembles the ideal logarithmic response of the human eye. A corresponding method for a dimmer system is also disclosed, as is a dimmer system.
摘要:
Various apparatuses and methods for starting a thyristor are disclosed herein. For example, some embodiments provide an apparatus for starting a thyristor, the apparatus including a thyristor, a switch, a load connected to the thyristor and the switch, and a controller connected to a control input of the switch. The controller is adapted to operate the switch to apply the load to the thyristor for a predetermined period when power is first applied to the thyristor.
摘要:
An optical sensor system having a light source comprising a plurality of series connected light emitting diodes (LEDs). The series connected LEDs may be switched at a predetermined frequency.
摘要:
Für Signalleuchtmittel (LED 1 , LED n ), die bei einer Aktivierung den Begriff HALT oder GEFAHR anzeigen, wird zur sicheren Energieversorgung eine Schaltung mit einer ersten Betriebsfallspeise-Einheit (20) und einer zweiten Hilfsquelle (24) vorgeschlagen. Die zweite Hilfsquelle ist dabei induktiv (T1) an den Signalleuchtmittelstromkreis gekoppelt. Auf diese Weise entfällt die Verwendung von Schaltern im Betrieb in der Rückfallebene.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a power supply device for supplying power to a load, preferably a LED, comprising a first circuitry (12) with an inverter unit (24) adapted to provide an AC voltage, preferably a rectangular voltage, and a resonant circuit (30) with a capacitance (32) and an inductance (34), a second circuitry (14) with a rectifier unit (42), a switch (64) and said load (60), said switch being adapted to switch said load on and off, a controller unit (16) adapted to control said switch (64) as to ad- just the power provided to said load (60) without any measurement signal from said pri- mary circuitry (12), and a transformer (18) with a primary side (20) and a secondary side (22), said primary side being connected to said first circuitry (12) and said secondary side (22) being connected to said second circuitry (14), preferably said rectifier, so that said first and second circuitries are galvanically isolated.
摘要:
A portable lighting device, such as a flashlight, with a mechanical power switch and multiple operating modes is provided. The mechanical power switch is disposed in series with the controller for the lighting device and acts as the user interface to the controller to change modes of operation. Because the mechanical power switch is in series with the controller, the portable lighting device does not consume battery power when the mechanical switch is open. A state machine coupled to the controller is polled by the controller each time it is powered up to determine the operational mode of the lighting device.
摘要:
An LED driver (10) for driving an array of LEDs (22, 24, 26) from an AC power supply (14) including a plurality of switches (16, 18, 20), each switch acting to selectively enable forward conduction of a different LED (22, 24, 26); and a switch control unit (28) for controlling operation of the plurality of switches (16, 18, 20) so as to switch different, non-overlapping phase angle portions of a same repetitive waveform through each LED (22, 24, 26).