This paper presents a switched capacitor-based converter to drive high power light emitting diodes (LEDs). Unlike the traditional switched capacitor based one, the proposed converter uses an inductor to avoid the forced charging and discharging operation reducing stress current in circuit. The proposed converter provides inherent power factor correction (PFC) and the switched capacitors are used as isolation capacitors. The proposed converter also uses a LC filter to reduce the output current ripple through LED array instead using a bulk electrolytic capacitor. The basic description of the topology is presented and a laboratory prototype of 48 W has been implemented. The experimental results presented demonstrate the technical feasibility of the proposed converter applied as LED driver.
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