Highly AC Voltage Fluctuation-Resistant LED Driver with Sinusoid-Like Reference
- Resource Type
- Academic Journal
- Authors
- Ning Ning; Zhenxiao Tong; Dejun Yu; Shuangyi Wu; Wenbin Chen; Chunyi Feng
- Source
- JOURNAL OF POWER ELECTRONICS. 2014-03 14(2):257-264
- Subject
- AC LED
Fluctuation in AC voltage
Sinusoid waveform
power factor (PF)
Total harmonic distortion (THD)
- Language
- Korean
- ISSN
- 1598-2092
2093-4718
A novel converter-free AC LED driver that is highly resistant to the fluctuation of AC voltage is proposed in this study. By removing large passive components, such as the bulky capacitor and the large-value inductor, the integration of the driver circuit is enhanced while the driving current remains stable. The proposed circuit provides LED lamps with a driving current that can follow the sinusoid waveform to obtain a very high power factor (PF) and low total harmonic distortion (THD). The LED input current produced by this driving current is insensitive to fluctuations in the AC voltage. Users will thus not feel that LED lamps are flashing during the fluctuation. Experiment results indicate that the proposed system can obtain PF of 0.999 and THD as low as 3.3% for a five-string 6 W LED load under 220 V at 50 Hz.