Method and device for remote sensing and control of LED lights
First Claim
1. A thermal-management system for an LED, the system comprising:
- a temperature sensor configured to sense a first thermal operating point of the LED and generate a temperature signal indicative of the first thermal operating point;
a processing device configured to receive the temperature signal from the temperature sensor and a rectified signal from a first transformer, the rectified signal indicative of a rectified power output by the first transformer;
a regulator IC configured to receive the rectified power output from the first transformer and convert the rectified power output into a regulated power output, the rectified power output having one of a first frequency component or a second frequency component; and
an input/output link coupling the processing device to the regulator IC;
wherein the processing device is configured to;
responsive to receiving the rectified signal from the first transformer, determine that the first transformer is one of a magnetic transformer having the first frequency component or an electronic transformer having the second frequency component, and generate a first control signal to instruct the regulator IC to operate in a mode that is compatible with the one of the magnetic transformer or the electronic transformer;
determining a thermal operating range of the LED;
responsive to receiving the temperature signal from the temperature sensor and determining the thermal operating range of the LED, determine the first thermal operating point of the LED is outside the thermal operating range of the LED; and
generate a second control signal configured to calibrate the regulated power output whereby the LED is driven within the thermal operating range.
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Abstract
Thermally managing at least one light-emitting diode (LED) receiving an operating current and/or an operating voltage and being operable at an operating temperature includes determining a current thermal operating point of the LED, obtaining a thermal operating range of the LED, and calculating a new operating point of the LED based on the current thermal operating point and the thermal operating range, wherein the new operating point is within the thermal operating range. A control signal is generated that adjusts power delivered to the LED to cause the LED to operate at the new operating point. Detection of the operating temperature of the LED may be based on the magnitude of a current pulse superimposed on the operating current provided to the LED and the magnitude of the voltage pulse across the LED resulting from the applied current pulse superimposed on the operating current.
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16 Claims
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1. A thermal-management system for an LED, the system comprising:
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a temperature sensor configured to sense a first thermal operating point of the LED and generate a temperature signal indicative of the first thermal operating point; a processing device configured to receive the temperature signal from the temperature sensor and a rectified signal from a first transformer, the rectified signal indicative of a rectified power output by the first transformer; a regulator IC configured to receive the rectified power output from the first transformer and convert the rectified power output into a regulated power output, the rectified power output having one of a first frequency component or a second frequency component; and an input/output link coupling the processing device to the regulator IC;
wherein the processing device is configured to;responsive to receiving the rectified signal from the first transformer, determine that the first transformer is one of a magnetic transformer having the first frequency component or an electronic transformer having the second frequency component, and generate a first control signal to instruct the regulator IC to operate in a mode that is compatible with the one of the magnetic transformer or the electronic transformer; determining a thermal operating range of the LED; responsive to receiving the temperature signal from the temperature sensor and determining the thermal operating range of the LED, determine the first thermal operating point of the LED is outside the thermal operating range of the LED; and generate a second control signal configured to calibrate the regulated power output whereby the LED is driven within the thermal operating range. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of thermal management for an LED, the method comprising:
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sensing a first thermal operating point of the LED; generating a temperature signal indicative of the first thermal operating point; receiving a rectified signal from a first transformer, the rectified signal indicative of a rectified power output by the first transformer; receiving the rectified power output from the first transformer; converting the rectified power output into a regulated power output, the rectified power output having one of a first frequency component or a second frequency component; responsive to receiving the rectified signal from the first transformer, determining that the first transformer is one of a magnetic transformer having the first frequency component or an electronic transformer having the second frequency component; determining a thermal operating range of the LED; responsive to receiving the temperature signal from the temperature sensor and determining the thermal operating range of the LED, determining that the first thermal operating point of the LED is outside the thermal operating range of the LED; and generating a control signal configured to calibrate the regulated power output whereby the LED is driven within the thermal operating range. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A thermal-management system for an LED, the system comprising:
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a temperature sensor configured to sense a first thermal operating point of the LED and generate a input signal indicative of the first thermal operating point; a processing device having a communications bus and configured to receive the input signal from the temperature sensor and a rectified signal from a first transformer, the rectified signal indicative of a rectified power output by the first transformer; a regulator IC having a power input link configured to receive the rectified power output from the first transformer, and a power output link, the regulator IC configured to convert the rectified power output into a regulated power output, the rectified power output having one of a first frequency component or a second frequency component; and an input/output link coupling the processing device to the regulator IC;
whereinthe processing device is configured to; sample the rectified signal over a period of time; responsive to sampling the rectified signal from the first transformer, determine that the first transformer is one of a magnetic transformer having the first frequency component or an electronic transformer having the second frequency component, and generate a first control signal to instruct the system to operate in one of a first mode or a second mode, the first mode compatible with the magnetic transformer wherein the processing device is responsive to a zero crossing duty cycle of the rectified signal, the second mode compatible with the electronic transformer wherein the processing device tracks a waveform of the rectified signal; determining a thermal operating range of the LED; responsive to receiving the input signal from the temperature sensor and retrieving the thermal operating range of the LED, determine the first thermal operating point of the LED is outside the thermal operating range of the LED; and generate a second control signal configured to calibrate the regulated power output whereby the LED is driven within the thermal operating range.
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