Driver Electronics for LEDs

Abstract

Large-volume applications of high-brightness LEDs are well established for signaling and signage. They are expected to replace conventional lamps in automotive applications in the near future and incandescent, halogen and fluorescent lamps at least in some general illumination applications within a few years. Innovative driver circuits optimized with respect to functionality, efficiency, cost, size and reliability are an enabler for the successful introduction of new LED based lighting products. This paper consists of two parts. In the first part, the influence of the LED current waveform, which depends on the driver topology and control, on the luminous flux and hence, the luminous efficiency is investigated experimentally for different LEDs, i.e. a red, a green and a blue 1 W LED. In the second part, an LED driver with PCB integrated capacitive layers and a transformer made of ferrite polymer compound having an extreme high power density is presented. This driver uses highly integrated passive components. This new concept is named emPIC (embedded passives integrated circuit). All passive components will be integrated in the printed circuit board (PCB) using structured layers of different materials. Experimental results taken from the driver demonstrate that the LED current ripple stays within the margins defined in the first part of this paper.

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