Abstract

In this chapter, a survey of LED driver circuits is presented. The driver circuit is a crucial component in the LED light system. It provides the correct voltage and current values for the best brightness and long life. Furthermore, the driver circuits contribute to obtaining high efficiency and reliability light system. Several lighting applications need different driver topologies that meet the use requirement and the energy sources available. In actual applications, passive and active circuits are implemented to satisfy the LED driver electrical requirements and cost-effective demands. The LED driver circuits investigation evaluate the issues and the solutions in the LED lighting systems connected to a DC source such as a battery or AC line. The AC line connection requisites such as the power factor correction and the harmonic distortion are dealt with both the driver topology and control optimization. Also, the volume reduction need is examined in the circuitry choice. Moreover, the different topologies of the power converters isolated and not isolated used in the driver circuits based on both the power request and supply source are described and critically evaluated.

Highlights

  • Nowadays, LED lights are becoming more and more used in various fields of applications such as domestic and industrial lighting, open space offices or supermarkets lighting, streets lighting, large spaces for sporting or entertainment events, and in transport for lighting and signaling, both on land or sea or air [1, 2]

  • The high slope of the voltage–current curve leads that a small change of voltage that can carry on a significant change of current through the diode a considerable change of the emitted light appears

  • The passive and active circuits are critically evaluated in terms of power request, topology simplicity, efficiency, reliability, and cost

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Summary

Introduction

LED lights are becoming more and more used in various fields of applications such as domestic and industrial lighting, open space offices or supermarkets lighting, streets lighting, large spaces for sporting or entertainment events, and in transport for lighting and signaling, both on land or sea or air [1, 2]. LED light system is acknowledged as the actual generation of the sustainability light source It has many benefits compared with incandescent lamp and the fluorescent lamp [4–7]. In the last generation of the LED light bulbs, the equivalent lighting effect is achieved with power consumption about 1/10 of incandescent lamp and 1/2 of the fluorescent lamp [8]. In AC connected LED driver a high PF leads a displacement power factor next to one and an input current with quite low total harmonic distortion (THD) [9, 10]. The driver circuits can be non-isolated if the output current is limited and a low voltage source is involved or can be isolated when the safe operative conditions are prevalent and a higher output current is requested [11]. The main passive, and active circuit for the solid-state lighting driving are described and classified.

LED driver circuit basics
Passive drive circuits
Active drive circuits
DC-DC converter topologies for LED driver circuits
DC-DC converter circuits
Current control in LED driver DC-DC converter circuits
Higher power LED driver DC-DC converter and galvanic insolation feature
AC connected switching LED driver circuits
Flyback single stage LED driver circuit
Control method to obtain high power factor
Two-stage LED driver circuits
Boost PFC circuit evaluation The Boost PFC converter has a simple topology
Multiple outputs LED driver circuits
Findings
Conclusion
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