发明名称 |
Reduction of Harmonic Distortion for LED Loads |
摘要 |
Apparatus and associated methods reduce harmonic distortion of a excitation current by diverting the excitation current substantially away from a number of LEDs arranged in a series circuit until the current or its associated periodic excitation voltage reaches a predetermined threshold level, and ceasing the current diversion while the excitation current or voltage is substantially above the predetermined threshold level. In an illustrative embodiment, a rectifier may receive an AC (e.g., sinusoidal) voltage and deliver unidirectional current to a string of series-connected LEDs. An effective turn-on threshold voltage of the diode string may be reduced by diverting current around at least one of the diodes in the string while the AC voltage is below a predetermined level. In various examples, selective current diversion within the LED string may extend the input current conduction angle and thereby substantially reduce harmonic distortion for AC LED lighting systems. |
申请公布号 |
US2016150604(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2016.05.26 |
申请号 |
US201615012135 |
申请日期 |
2016.02.01 |
申请人 |
Once Innovations, Inc. |
发明人 |
Grajcar Zdenko |
分类号 |
H05B33/08 |
主分类号 |
H05B33/08 |
代理机构 |
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代理人 |
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主权项 |
1. A method of conditioning current in a light engine, the method comprising:
providing a pair of input terminals adapted to receive a periodic excitation voltage; receiving a current of equal magnitude and opposite polarity into each one of the pair of terminals, said current flowing in response to the excitation voltage; providing a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) arranged in a first network, said first network arranged to conduct said current in response to the excitation voltage exceeding at least a forward threshold voltage associated with the first network; providing a plurality of LEDs arranged in a second network in series relationship with said first network; providing a bypass path in parallel with said second network and in series relationship with said first network; dynamically increasing an impedance of the bypass path as a substantially smooth and continuous function of said current amplitude in response to said current amplitude increasing in a range above a threshold current value; substantially smoothly and continuously reducing current flow through the bypass path in response to a substantially smooth and continuous increase in the voltage drop across the bypass path in a range above the forward threshold voltage associated with the second network. |
地址 |
Plymouth MN US |