How to improve the LED lighting energy efficiency design

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Overview:
Stable current drives the LED to maintain a fixed brightness
LED drivers still face many challenges. To maintain a fixed brightness, LEDs need to be driven at a steady current without being affected by the input voltage. This is a greater challenge than simply connecting a battery as a power source.

LEDs have a forward VI characteristic similar to the diode case. The white LED has an on threshold of approximately 3.5 volts below which the amount of current through the LED is very small. After this threshold is exceeded, the current is exponentially enhanced, causing the forward voltage to increase, and the LED thus becomes a voltage source model with series resistance. It should be noted, however, that this model is only effective in the case of a single operation of DC current. If the DC current in the LED changes, the resistance in the model should also change to show the new operating current. In the case of a large amount of forward current, the power consumed in the LED will increase the temperature of the device, change the forward voltage drop and dynamic impedance, and determine the heat of the environment when determining the impedance of the LED.

If the LED is driven by a buck regulator, in addition to the DC current, the LED will conduct the AC chain current of the inductor, depending on the selected output filter arrangement. This increases the RMS strength of the current in the LED, increases its power consumption, and increases the junction temperature, which has a significant impact on the lifetime of the LED. If a 70% limit is set on the light output as the age of the LED, the lifetime of the LED can be increased from 15,000 hours at 74 °C to 40,000 hours at 63 °C. The method of determining the power loss in the LED is to multiply the LED resistance by the square of the RMS current, plus the value of the average current multiplied by the forward voltage drop. Since the junction temperature is determined by the average power, even if a large amount of chain current occurs, the effect on power consumption is small. For example, in a buck regulator, the peak-to-peak chain current (Ipk-pk=Iout) equal to the DC output current, the total power loss will increase by less than 10%. If it is more than this, the AC chain current supplied must be reduced to maintain the junction temperature and operating life. There is a practical basic principle here that the junction temperature is reduced by 10 ° C and the lifetime of the semiconductor is doubled. In fact, most designs, because of the inductance limitation, tend to use much lower chain currents. In addition, the peak current in the LED should not exceed the maximum safe operating rating specified by the manufacturer.
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