摘要 |
Thermally managing at least one light-emitting diode (LED) receiving an operating current and/or an operating voltage and being operable at an operating temperature includes determining a current thermal operating point of the LED, obtaining a thermal operating range of the LED, and calculating a new operating point of the LED based on the current thermal operating point and the thermal operating range, wherein the new operating point is within the thermal operating range. A control signal is generated that adjusts power delivered to the LED to cause the LED to operate at the new operating point. Detection of the operating temperature of the LED may be based on the magnitude of a current pulse superimposed on the operating current provided to the LED and the magnitude of the voltage pulse across the LED resulting from the applied current pulse superimposed on the operating current. |