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Bi-directional light emitting diode drive circuit in pulsed power series resonance

  • US 8,058,814 B2
  • Filed: 01/12/2009
  • Issued: 11/15/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/14/2008
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A bi-directional light emitting diode drive circuit in pulsed power series resonance, which uses an capacitive impedance component in a first impedance and an inductive impedance component in a second impedance,wherein the inherent series resonance of the first impedance and second impedance in series connection is the same as the pulse period of the input pulsed power, thereby to generate a series resonance status;

  • in the series resonance, the bi-directional divided power in series resonance is formed across the two ends of the capacitive impedance component or the inductive impedance component, thereby to drive a bi-directional conducting light emitting diode set which is parallel connected across the two ends of either the first impedance or the second impedance to emit light;

    wherein the bi-directional light emitting diode drive circuit (U100) comprises the first impedance including capacitive impedance components, the second impedance including inductive impedance components, and at least one bi-directional light emitting diode set including parallel connected at least one first light emitting diode and at least one second light emitting diode in inverse polarity and is parallel connected across the two ends of the first impedance or the second impedance, wherein the two ends of the first impedance and the second impedance in series connection are for inputting;

    1) DC pulsed power;

    or2) the DC pulsed power with constant or variable voltage and constant or variable periods converted from DC power source;

    or3) the DC pulsed power with constant or variable voltage and constant or variable periods converted from DC power which is further rectified from AC power;

    or4) the half-wave or full-wave DC pulsed power rectified from AC power with constant or variable voltage and constant or variable frequency;

    the bi-directional divided power in series resonance formed by the first and second impedances in series resonance is used to drive at least one bi-directional conducting light emitting diode set which is parallel connected across two ends of either the first impedance or the second impedance, or to drive at least two bi-directional conducting light emitting diode sets which are respectively parallel connected across the two ends of the first impedance and the second impedance to receive the divided power across the two ends of the first impedance and the two ends of the second impedance thereby including the said bi-directional light emitting diode drive circuit in pulsed power series resonance;

    wherein it comprises;

    the first impedance (Z101) including;

    at least one capacitive impedance component, or two or more than two capacitive impedance components in series connection or parallel connection or series and parallel connection;

    orcapacitive impedance components and the additional inductive impedance components or resistive impedance components which can be optionally installed as needed, wherein it can include one or more than one kinds and one or more than one impedance components, or by two or more than two kinds of impedance components, wherein each kind of the impedance components is respectively to be one of more than one in series connection or parallel connection or series and parallel connection;

    the second impedance (Z102) comprises at least one inductive impedance component, or two or more than two inductive impedance components in series connection or parallel connection or series and parallel connection;

    orinductive impedance components and the additional capacitive impedance components or resistive impedance components which can be optionally installed as needed, wherein it can include one or more than one kinds and one or more than one impedance components, or by two or more than two kinds of impedance components, wherein each kind of the impedance components is respectively to be one of more than one in series connection or parallel connection or series and parallel connection;

    the first impedance (Z101) and the second impedance (Z102) are in series connection and are arranged to receive the pulsed power from power source at their two ends, wherein their inherent series resonance frequency in series connection is the same as the pulse period of the pulsed power from power source, thereby to appear series resonance status;

    at series resonance status, the first impedance (Z101) and the second impedance (Z102) cause the inputted pulsed power to form the bi-directional divided power in series resonance, which is then transmitted to the bi-directional conducting light emitting diode set (L100) that is parallel connected with the first impedance (Z101) or the second impedance (Z102) to drive the bi-directional conducting light emitting diode set (L100) to emit light;

    the bi-directional conducting light emitting diode set (L100);

    it is constituted by at least one first light emitting diode (LED101) and at least one second light emitting diode (LED102) in parallel connection of inverse polarities, wherein the numbers of the first light emitting diode (LED101) and the numbers of the second light emitting diode (LED102) can be the same or different, further, the first light emitting diode (LED101) and the second light emitting diode (LED102) can be respectively constituted by one forward current polarity light emitting diode;

    or two or more than two forward current polarity light emitting diodes in series or parallel connections;

    or three or more than three forward current polarity light emitting diodes in series or parallel connections or in series and parallel connections;

    the bi-directional conducting light emitting diode set (L100) can be optionally installed with one or more than one sets as needed to be parallel connected across the two ends of both or either of the first impedance (Z101) or the second impedance (Z102), wherein through the power input, the bi-directional divided power in series resonance is formed at the two ends of both the first impedance (Z101) and the second impedance (Z102), thereby to drive the bi-directional conducing light emitting diode set (L100) which is parallel connected across the two ends of the first impedance (Z101) or the second impedance (Z102) to emit light;

    the bi-directional light emitting diode drive circuit in pulsed power series resonance, in the bi-directional light emitting diode drive circuit (U100) the first impedance (Z101) and the second impedance (Z102) as well as the bi-directional conducting light emitting diode set (L100) can be selected to be one or more than ones as needed;

    the bi-directional divided power in series resonance formed by the first and second impedances in series resonance is used to drive at least one bi-directional light emitting diode set which is parallel connected across the two ends of the first impedance or the second impedance, or to drive at least two bi-directional conducting light emitting diode sets which are respectively parallel connected across the two ends of the first impedance and the second impedance to receive the divided power across the two ends of the first impedance and the two ends of the second impedance thereby including the said bi-directional light emitting diode drive circuit in pulsed power series resonance;

    the first impedance (Z101), the second impedance (Z102), the bi-directional conducting light emitting diode set (L100), the first light emitting diode (LED101), the second light emitting diode (LED102) and various optional auxiliary circuit components can be optionally installed or not installed as needed based on application needs, wherein the installation quantity include constitution by one, wherein if more than one are selected in the application, the corresponding polarity relationship shall be determined based on circuit function requirement to execute series connection or parallel connection or series and parallel connections.

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