WO2020015566A1 - Système et appareil d'éclairage à diodes électroluminescentes, et procédé de gradation - Google Patents

Système et appareil d'éclairage à diodes électroluminescentes, et procédé de gradation Download PDF

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WO2020015566A1
WO2020015566A1 PCT/CN2019/095421 CN2019095421W WO2020015566A1 WO 2020015566 A1 WO2020015566 A1 WO 2020015566A1 CN 2019095421 W CN2019095421 W CN 2019095421W WO 2020015566 A1 WO2020015566 A1 WO 2020015566A1
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  • the disclosed embodiments relate to the features of light emitting diode (LED) lighting. More particularly, the disclosed embodiments describe various improvements for LED lighting systems, an LED lighting apparatus, and LED dimming method thereof.
  • LED light emitting diode
  • LED lighting technology is rapidly developing to replace traditional incandescent and fluorescent lighting.
  • LED tube lamps are mercury-free in comparison with fluorescent tube lamps that need to be filled with inert gas and mercury.
  • LED lamp such as an LED tube lamp, an LED bulb lamp, an LED filament lamp, a high power LED lamp, an integral LED lamp, etc.
  • LED tube lamps are becoming a highly desired illumination option among different available lighting systems used in homes and workplaces, which used to be dominated by traditional lighting options such as compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) and fluorescent tube lamps.
  • Benefits of LED tube lamps include improved durability and longevity and far less energy consumption. Therefore, when taking into account all factors, they would typically be considered as a cost effective lighting option.
  • the present disclosure may actually include one or more inventions claimed currently or not yet claimed, and for avoiding confusion due to unnecessarily distinguishing between those possible inventions at the stage of preparing the specification, the possible plurality of inventions herein may be collectively referred to as “the (present) invention” herein.
  • the disclosure presents an LED lighting system including a dimmer and at least one LED lighting apparatus.
  • the dimmer receives input power from an external power grid and varies a phase-cut angle of the input power within a dimming phase range/interval according to a dimming signal, in order to generate a dimmer-adjusted input power.
  • the LED lighting apparatus receives the dimmer-adjusted input power and then is driven to light according to the dimmer-adjusted input power, wherein a maximum phase-cut angle of the dimming phase range/interval is less than 90 degrees.
  • the LED lighting apparatus upon receiving the dimmer-adjusted input power of the maximum phase-cut angle, the LED lighting apparatus is then driven to light with a maximum value or minimum value of its lighting luminance.
  • the maximum phase-cut angle of the dimming phase range/interval is smaller than 45 degrees.
  • the dimming phase range/interval is a phase angle of between 15 and 20 degrees.
  • the disclosure presents an LED lighting apparatus configured to light in response to an input power signal and including a power supply module and an LED module.
  • the power supply module is configured to receive the input power signal in order to generate a driving power signal.
  • the LED module is configured to light in response to the driving power signal.
  • the power supply module includes a demodulating circuit.
  • the demodulating circuit is configured to receive the input power signal and demodulate the received input power signal, in order to generate a dimming control signal for controlling luminance of the LED module.
  • the demodulating circuit demodulates the input power signal based on a phase-cut angle of the input power signal.
  • the demodulating circuit is configured to obtain a dimming message corresponding to the phase-cut angle, and then to generate the dimming control signal according to the dimming message.
  • the phase-cut angle is smaller than 90 degrees when the LED module reaches a minimum luminance.
  • the phase-cut angle is smaller than 45 degrees when the LED module reaches the minimum luminance.
  • the LED module is dimmed to have a minimum luminance when the phase-cut angle is selected from one of the ranges of between 0 and 45 degrees, between 5 and 45 degrees, between 5 and 20 degrees, between 15 and 20 degrees, and between 15 and 45 degrees.
  • a dimming level of the LED module is correlated to the phase-cut angle.
  • the dimming level of the LED module is substantially irrelevant to the peak voltage of the input power signal.
  • the dimming level of the LED module is substantially irrelevant to an effective value of the input power signal.
  • the dimming level of the LED module is not directly proportional to an effective value of the input power signal.
  • the effective value refers to root-means-square (RMS) value.
  • ascope ratio of the effective value of the input power signal is smaller than a scope ratio of the luminance of the LED module, wherein the scope ratio of the effective value refers to the ratio of the maximum value to the minimum value of the effective value of the input power signal, and the scope ratio of the luminance refers to the ratio of the maximum value to the minimum value of the luminance.
  • the scope ratio of the effective value of the modulated input power signal is smaller than or equal to 2
  • the scope ratio of the luminance of the LED module is larger than or equal to 10.
  • the phase-cut angle is varied within a default phase range such that the total harmonic distortion of the power supply module is smaller than 25%and/or the power factor of the power supply module is larger than 0.9.
  • the scope ratio of the luminance of the LED module is larger than or equal to 10.
  • the luminance of the LED module is negative correlated to the phase-cut angle of the modulated input power signal.
  • the luminance of the LED module is in negative correlation with the voltage level of the dimming control signal.
  • the voltage level of the dimming control signal is in positive correlation with the phase-cut angle.
  • the phase-cut angle is varied within a default phase range such that a total harmonic distortion of the power supply module is smaller than 25%and/or a power factor of the power supply module is larger than 0.9.
  • the total harmonic distortion of the power supply module is smaller than 25%when the phase-cut angle of the input power signal corresponds to a minimum luminance.
  • the power factor of the power supply module is larger than 0.9 when the phase-cut angle of the input power signal corresponds to a minimum luminance.
  • the demodulating circuit is configured to demodulate the phase-cut angle by counting for a period, sampling the input power signal within the period, and is configured to generate the dimming control signal according to the demodulated phase-cut angle.
  • the LED lighting apparatus performing analog dimming or digital dimming of the LED module based on the dimming control signal.
  • the analog dimming is current-control dimming.
  • the digital dimming is PWM-control dimming.
  • the dimming control signal has a default number of different signal states corresponding to the phase-cut angle, in order to control dimming of the LED module to the default number of different dimming levels respectively.
  • the power supply module further includes a rectifying circuit and a filtering circuit.
  • the rectifying circuit configured to rectify the input power signal to produce a rectified signal.
  • the filtering circuit coupled to the rectifying circuit and configured to electrically filter the rectified signal to produce a filtered signal.
  • the power supply module further comprises a dimming switch configured for conducting or cutting off the driving power signal according to the dimming control signal, for dimming of the LED module.
  • the power supply module further includes a driving circuit.
  • the driving circuit is coupled to the filtering circuit and configured to perform power conversion on the filtered signal to produce the driving power signal.
  • the driving circuit is configured to adjust its operation of power conversion according to the dimming control signal, in order to adjust the magnitude of the driving power signal in response to the dimming message.
  • the driving circuit includes a power switch and an energy storage circuit; the power switch is configured to control switching between operations of the energy storage circuit for performing power conversion on the filtered signal, in order to produce the driving power signal; and the power switch is configured for adjusting the magnitude of the driving power signal in response to the dimming control signal, for dimming of the LED module.
  • the input power signal is phase cut from a leading-edge or a trailing-edge to form the phase-cut angle.
  • the dimming control signal does not transmit in a power loop which the driving power signal passing through.
  • an LED lighting system including a dimmer and an LED lighting apparatus.
  • the dimmer is configured to receive an input power signal from an external power grid, and configured to modulate the input power signal to result in a phase-cut angle according to a dimming signal, in order to produce a dimmer-adjusted input power signal.
  • the LED lighting apparatus as mentioned above paragraph [0011] is configured to receive the dimmer-adjusted input power signal and to be driven to emit light according to the dimmer-adjusted input power signal.
  • the dimmer includes a controllable electronic element configured to adjust the phase-cut angle in response to the dimming signal in order to produce the modulated input power signal, wherein the controllable electronic element comprises a bidirectional triode thyristor, a single-chip microcomputer, or a transistor.
  • an LED lighting system including a dimmer and an LED lighting apparatus.
  • the dimmer is configured to receive an input power signal from an external power grid, and configured to modulate the input power signal to result in a phase-cut angle according to a dimming signal, in order to produce a modulated input power signal.
  • the LED lighting apparatus is configured to receive the dimmer-adjusted input power signal and to be driven to emit light according to the dimmer-adjusted input power signal.
  • a dimming level of the LED lighting apparatus is varied along with a phase-cut angle of the dimmer-adjusted input power signal.
  • a scope ratio of an effective value of the dimmer-adjusted input power signal is smaller than a scope ratio of the luminance of the LED lighting apparatus.
  • the scope ratio of the effective value refers to the ratio of the maximum value to the minimum value of the effective value of the dimmer-adjusted input power signal
  • the scope ratio of the luminance refers to the ratio of maximum value to the minimum value of the luminance.
  • the scope ratio of the effective value of the modulated input power signal is smaller than or equal to 2
  • the scope ratio of the luminance of the LED module is larger than or equal to 10.
  • the dimmer controls the phase-cut angle to vary within a default phase range such that the total harmonic distortion of the power supply module is smaller than 25%and/or the power factor of the power supply module is larger than 0.9.
  • the scope ratio of the luminance of the LED module is larger than or equal to 10.
  • an LED lighting system including a dimmer and an LED lighting apparatus.
  • the dimmer is configured to receive an input power signal from an external power grid, and is configured to modulate the input power signal to result in a phase-cut angle according to a dimming signal, in order to produce a dimmer-adjusted input power signal.
  • the LED lighting apparatus is configured to receive the dimmer-adjusted input power signal and to be driven to emit light according to the dimmer-adjusted input power signal,
  • the phase-cut angle is varied within a default phase range, in order to cause the LED lighting apparatus to have different dimming levels corresponding to the default phase range,
  • a total harmonic distortion of the LED lighting apparatus is smaller than 25%and/or a power factor of the LED lighting apparatus is larger than 0.9 under all of the dimming levels.
  • the total harmonic distortion is smaller than 25%when the LED lighting apparatus illuminates in a dimming level corresponding to a minimum luminance.
  • the power factor is larger than 0.9 when the LED lighting apparatus illuminates in a dimming level corresponding to a minimum luminance.
  • an LED lighting system including a dimmer and at least one LED lighting apparatus.
  • the dimmer is configured to receive an input power signal from an external power grid, and configured to modulate the input power signal to result in a phase-cut angle within a default phase range according to a dimming signal, in order to produce a dimmer-adjusted input power signal.
  • the LED lighting apparatus is configured to receive the dimmer-adjusted input power signal and to be driven to emit light according to the dimmer-adjusted input power signal, in which the maximum cut-off phase angle of the default phase range is smaller than 90 degrees.
  • the LED lighting apparatus is configured to light with its maximum or minimum luminance upon receiving the dimmer-adjusted input power signal of the maximum phase-cut angle.
  • the maximum phase-cut angle of the default phase range is smaller than 45 degrees.
  • the default phase range is between 15 and 20 degrees.
  • an LED lighting system including a dimmer and at least one LED lighting apparatus.
  • the dimmer is configured to receive an input power signal from an external power grid, and configured to modulate the input power signal to result in a phase-cut angle within a default phase range according to a dimming signal, in order to produce a dimmer-adjusted input power signal.
  • the at least one LED lighting apparatus configured to receive the dimmer-adjusted input power signal and to be driven to emit light according to the dimmer-adjusted input power signal.
  • the maximum phase-cut angle within the default phase range is smaller than 90 degrees.
  • the maximum phase-cut angle within the default phase range is smaller than 45 degrees.
  • the default phase range is between 15 degrees and 20 degrees.
  • the disclosure also presents an LED lighting apparatus including a rectifying circuit, a filtering circuit, a driving circuit, an LED module, and a demodulating circuit.
  • the rectifying circuit is configured to receive an input power through first and second connection terminals, in order to rectify the input power and then output a rectified signal.
  • the filtering circuit is coupled to the rectifying circuit, in order to electrically filter the rectified signal to produce a filtered signal.
  • the driving circuit is coupled to the filtering circuit, in order to perform power conversion on the filtered signal to produce a driving power.
  • the LED module is coupled to the driving circuit and is configured to light up and emit light according to the received driving power.
  • the demodulating circuit is coupled to the first and second connection terminals, and is configured to obtain or extract a signal feature of the input power signal and then demodulate the signal feature in order to obtain a corresponding dimming message.
  • the demodulating circuit then generates a dimming control signal according to the obtained dimming message and then provides the dimming control signal for the driving circuit.
  • the driving circuit adjusts its operation of power conversion according to the received dimming control signal, in order to change/adjust the magnitude of the driving power in response to the dimming message.
  • Benefits or advantages resulting from the disclosed way (s) of dimming control herein may include a benefit that dimming control is achieved while maintaining or not hindering power conversion efficiency of the LED lighting apparatus.
  • FIG. 1A is a block diagram of an LED lighting system according to an embodiment of the disclosure.
  • FIG. 1B is a block diagram of an LED lighting system according to another embodiment of the disclosure.
  • FIG. 2 is a signal waveform diagram of signal waveforms illustrating dimming or adjusting of brightness/luminance in a lighting system of an LED lighting apparatus;
  • FIG. 3 is a circuit block diagram of an LED lighting apparatus according to an embodiment of the disclosure.
  • FIG. 4 is a circuit block diagram of a driving circuit according to an embodiment of the disclosure.
  • FIG. 5 is a signal waveform diagram of signal waveforms illustrating dimming or adjusting of luminance according to an embodiment of the disclosure
  • FIG. 6 illustrates a corresponding relationship between the three variables of a phase-cut angle for dimming, a demodulating signal, and the luminance of an LED module, according to an embodiment of the disclosure
  • FIG. 7 illustrates a corresponding relationship between the three variables of a phase-cut angle for dimming, a demodulating signal, and the luminance of an LED module, according to another embodiment of the disclosure
  • FIG. 8 is a signal waveform diagram of signal waveforms of input power signal of an LED lighting apparatus under different power grid voltages according to an embodiment of the disclosure
  • FIG. 9 is a flow chart of steps of a dimming control method for an LED lighting system according to an embodiment of the disclosure.
  • FIG. 10 is a flow chart of steps of a dimming control method for an LED lighting apparatus according to an embodiment of the disclosure.
  • the present disclosure provides a novel LED lighting system, an LED lighting apparatus, and a dimming control method related thereto.
  • the present disclosure will now be described in the following embodiments with reference to the drawings.
  • the following descriptions of various embodiments of this invention are presented herein for purpose of illustration and giving examples only. It is not intended to be exhaustive or to be limited to the precise form disclosed. These example embodiments are just that –examples –and many implementations and variations are possible that do not require the details provided herein. It should also be emphasized that the disclosure provides details of alternative examples, but such listing of alternatives is not exhaustive. Furthermore, any consistency of detail between various examples should not be interpreted as requiring such detail –it is impracticable to list every possible variation for every feature described herein. The language of the claims should be referenced in determining the requirements of the invention.
  • first, second, third etc. may be used herein to describe various elements, components, regions, layers, or steps, these elements, components, regions, layers, and/or steps should not be limited by these terms. Unless the context indicates otherwise, these terms are only used to distinguish one element, component, region, layer, or step from another element, component, region, or step, for example as a naming convention. Thus, a first element, component, region, layer, or step discussed below in one section of the specification could be termed a second element, component, region, layer, or step in another section of the specification or in the claims without departing from the teachings of the present invention.
  • Embodiments described herein will be described referring to plan views and/or cross-sectional views by way of ideal schematic views. Accordingly, the exemplary views may be modified depending on manufacturing technologies and/or tolerances. Therefore, the disclosed embodiments are not limited to those shown in the views, but include modifications in configuration formed on the basis of manufacturing processes. Therefore, regions exemplified in figures may have schematic properties, and shapes of regions shown in figures may exemplify specific shapes of regions of elements to which aspects of the invention are not limited.
  • spatially relative terms such as “beneath, ” “below, ” “lower, ” “above, ” “upper” and the like, may be used herein for ease of description to describe one element's or feature's relationship to another element (s) or feature (s) as illustrated in the figures. It will be understood that the spatially relative terms are intended to encompass different orientations of the device in use or operation in addition to the orientation depicted in the figures. For example, if the device in the figures is turned over, elements described as “below” or “beneath” other elements or features would then be oriented “above” the other elements or features. Thus, the term “below” can encompass both an orientation of above and below. The device may be otherwise oriented (rotated 90 degrees or at other orientations) and the spatially relative descriptors used herein interpreted accordingly.
  • orientation, layout, location, shapes, sizes, amounts, or other measures do not necessarily mean an exactly identical orientation, layout, location, shape, size, amount, or other measure, but are intended to encompass nearly identical orientation, layout, location, shapes, sizes, amounts, or other measures within acceptable variations that may occur, for example, due to manufacturing processes.
  • the term “substantially” may be used herein to emphasize this meaning, unless the context or other statements indicate otherwise.
  • items described as “substantially the same, ” “substantially equal, ” or “substantially planar, ” may be exactly the same, equal, or planar, or may be the same, equal, or planar within acceptable variations that may occur, for example, due to manufacturing processes.
  • Terms such as “about” or “approximately” may reflect sizes, orientations, or layouts that vary only in a small relative manner, and/or in a way that does not significantly alter the operation, functionality, or structure of certain elements.
  • a range from “about 0.1 to about 1” may encompass a range such as a 0%-5%deviation around 0.1 and a 0%to 5%deviation around 1, especially if such deviation maintains the same effect as the listed range.
  • transistor used herein may include, for example, a field-effect transistor (FET) of any appropriate type such as N-type metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) , P-type MOSFET, GaN FET, SiC FET, bipolar junction transistor (BJT) , Darlington BJT, heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT) , etc.
  • FET field-effect transistor
  • items described as being “electrically connected” are configured such that an electrical signal can be passed from one item to the other. Therefore, a passive electrically conductive component (e.g., a wire, pad, internal electrical line, etc. ) physically connected to a passive electrically insulative component (e.g., a prepreg layer of a printed circuit board, an electrically insulative adhesive connecting two devices, an electrically insulative underfill or mold layer, etc. ) is not electrically connected to that component.
  • items that are “directly electrically connected, ” to each other are electrically connected through one or more passive elements, such as, for example, wires, pads, internal electrical lines, etc.
  • directly electrically connected components do not include components electrically connected through active elements, such as transistors or diodes, or through capacitors. Directly electrically connected elements may be directly physically connected and directly electrically connected.
  • Components described as thermally connected or in thermal communication are arranged such that heat will follow a path between the components to allow the heat to transfer from the first component to the second component. Simply because two components are part of the same device or board does not make them thermally connected.
  • components which are heat-conductive and directly connected to other heat-conductive or heat-generating components or connected to those components through intermediate heat-conductive components or in such close proximity as to permit a substantial transfer of heat
  • thermally connected to those components or in thermal communication with those components.
  • two components with heat-insulative materials therebetween which materials significantly prevent heat transfer between the two components, or only allow for incidental heat transfer, are not described as thermally connected or in thermal communication with each other.
  • heat-conductive or “thermally-conductive” do not apply to any material that provides incidental heat conduction, but are intended to refer to materials that are typically known as good heat conductors or known to have utility for transferring heat, or components having similar heat conducting properties as those materials.
  • Embodiments may be described, and illustrated in the drawings, in terms of functional blocks, units and/or modules.
  • these blocks, units and/or modules are physically implemented by electronic (or optical) circuits such as logic circuits, discrete components, analog circuits, hard-wired circuits, memory elements, wiring connections, and the like, which may be formed using semiconductor-based fabrication techniques or other manufacturing technologies.
  • electronic circuits such as logic circuits, discrete components, analog circuits, hard-wired circuits, memory elements, wiring connections, and the like, which may be formed using semiconductor-based fabrication techniques or other manufacturing technologies.
  • microprocessors In the case of the blocks, units and/or modules being implemented by microprocessors or similar, they may be programmed using software (e.g., microcode) to perform various functions discussed herein and may optionally be driven by firmware and/or software.
  • each block, unit and/or module may be implemented by dedicated hardware, or as a combination of dedicated hardware to perform some functions and a processor (e.g., one or more programmed microprocessors and associated circuitry) to perform other functions.
  • each block, unit and/or module of the embodiments may be physically separated into two or more interacting and discrete blocks, units and/or modules. Further, the blocks, units and/or modules of the various embodiments may be physically combined into more complex blocks, units and/or modules.
  • FIG. 1A is a block diagram of an LED lighting system according to an embodiment of the disclosure.
  • the LED lighting system 10 includes a dimmer 50 and an LED lighting apparatus 100 including a power supply module PM and an LED module LM.
  • an input terminal or input terminals of the dimmer 50 are electrically connected to an external power grid or power supply EP, in order to receive input power Pin (also can be referred to input power signal Pin) from the external power grid EP.
  • Output terminals of the dimmer 50 are electrically connected to the LED lighting apparatus 100 through first and second connection terminals 101 and 102 of the LED lighting apparatus 100, in order to transmit/provide input power Pin_C resulting from a dimming process to the LED lighting apparatus 100.
  • the external power grid EP is electrically connected to the LED lighting apparatus 100 through the dimmer 50, in order to provide power for the LED lighting apparatus 100 to use.
  • the input power Pin or Pin_C may be AC power source or DC power source; may refer to at least one of input voltage, input current, or rate of inputting electrical energy; and may be referred to as input power signal Pin or Pin_C hereinafter.
  • a power loop formed between the external power grid EP and the LED lighting apparatus 100 may be regarded or defined as comprising the power line for the LED lighting system 10 or the LED lighting apparatus 100.
  • the LED lighting apparatus 100 is configured to receive the input power Pin_C through its first and second connection terminals 101 and 102, and the power supply module PM is configured to generate driving power Sdrv (also can be referred to driving power signal Sdrv) , based on the received input power Pin_C, for the LED module LM, in order for the LED module LM to light up in response to the driving power Sdrv.
  • the LED lighting apparatus 100 may comprise or be any of various types of LED lamps, such as LED spotlight, LED downlight, LED bulb lamp/light, LED track light, LED panel light, LED ceiling light, LED tube lamp/light, or LED filament lamp/light, but the present invention is not limited to any of these types.
  • the LED lighting apparatus 100 comprises an LED tube lamp, which can be referred to a ballast-compatible type (i.e., Type-A) LED tube lamp, a ballast-bypass type (i.e., Type-B) LED tube lamp, or an external driving type (i.e., Type-C) LED tube lamp.
  • a ballast-compatible type i.e., Type-A
  • a ballast-bypass type i.e., Type-B
  • an external driving type i.e., Type-C
  • the dimmer 50 is configured to perform a dimming process on the received input power Pin according to a signal Sdim for dimming, herein below a dimming signal Sdim, and configured to generate the input power Pin_C resulting from the dimming process (referred to herein for convenience as a dimmer-adjusted input power Pin_C) .
  • a control interface (not illustrated) a user can cause a suitable dimming signal Sdim to be provided to the dimmer 50.
  • the control interface may comprise or be implemented by various structures such as a switch, a knob, or a wireless signal receiver, but the present invention is not limited to any of these structures.
  • the dimming process may be directed to changing or adjusting any signal feature of the input power Pin, such as its phase conduction angle, frequency, amplitude, phase, or any combination thereof.
  • the dimmer 50 includes at least one controllable electronic element, such as a bidirectional triode thyristor (or TRIAC) , a single-chip microcomputer, or a transistor, coupled or connected to the power line, generally referred to as a dimmer circuit.
  • the controllable electronic element may be configured to adjust a chosen signal feature of the input power Pin in response to the dimming signal Sdim, in order to transform the received input power Pin into the input power Pin_C resulting from the adjusting.
  • the dimmer-adjusted input power Pin_C may be the same as the input power Pin.
  • the power supply module PM When the LED lighting apparatus 100 receives the input power Pin_C, the power supply module PM then transforms the received input power Pin_C into a stable driving power Sdrv for the LED module LM to use, wherein the power supply module PM may generate the signal of driving power Sdrv in the form of voltage (referred to as driving voltage) and/or current (referred to as driving current) corresponding to or based on the signal feature of the received input power Pin_C.
  • driving voltage voltage
  • driving current referred to as driving current
  • the luminance or brightness of the LED module LM is related to the magnitude of the driving voltage and/or driving current of the driving power Sdrv, which is/are adjusted based on the signal feature of the received input power Pin_C, and the signal feature of the received input power Pin_C is controlled by the dimming signal Sdim. Therefore, the dimming signal Sdim is directly related to the luminance or brightness of the LED module LM.
  • the signal processing involved in the operation of the power supply module PM for converting the received input power Pin_C into the driving power Sdrv includes, but is not limited to, electrical rectification, electrical filtering, and DC-to-DC conversion.
  • FIG. 1B is a block diagram of an LED lighting system according to another embodiment of the disclosure, showing the LED lighting system 20 in this embodiment includes a plurality of LED lighting apparatuses for operation with a dimmer.
  • the LED lighting system 20 includes a dimmer 50 and a plurality of LED lighting apparatuses 100_1 –100_n, wherein the symbol n is a positive integer larger than or equal to 2.
  • configuration (s) and function (s) of the dimmer 50 and each of the plurality of LED lighting apparatuses 100_1 –100_n can be, and are assumed to be, the same as those of the dimmer 50 and the LED lighting apparatus 100 in the embodiment of FIG. 1A.
  • a main difference between the embodiments of FIG. 1A and FIG. 1B is that the LED lighting apparatuses 100_1 –100_n in the embodiment of FIG. 1B are arranged or connected in parallel with each other, i.e., first connection terminals 101 respectively of the LED lighting apparatuses 100_1 –100_n are electrically connected together, and second connection terminals 102 respectively of the LED lighting apparatuses 100_1 –100_n are electrically connected together.
  • the input power Pin_C in FIG. 1B may be concurrently provided to every one of the LED lighting apparatuses 100_1 –100_n, which are then concurrently caused to light up. So, in some embodiments, when a dimming signal Sdim in FIG. 1B is applied or adjusted, the luminance respectively of the LED lighting apparatuses 100_1 –100_n are then concurrently caused to change. Since the dimming control of the LED lighting system 20 of FIG.
  • 1B can be implemented by adjusting or modulating a signal feature of the input power Pin, a separate signal line connected to each of the LED lighting apparatuses 100_1 –100_n and for receiving a dimming signal is not needed, thus greatly simplifying the layout of electrical wiring (s) between included elements and reducing complexity of installations thereof for control of a plurality of LED lighting apparatuses in the application environment of the LED lighting system 20.
  • FIGS. 1A and 2 are signal waveform diagram of signal waveforms illustrating dimming or adjusting of brightness/luminance in a lighting system of an LED lighting apparatus. Referring to FIGS. 1A and 2, wherein FIG. 2 is a signal waveform diagram of signal waveforms illustrating dimming or adjusting of brightness/luminance in a lighting system of an LED lighting apparatus. Referring to FIGS. 1A and 2, wherein FIG. 2 is a signal waveform diagram of signal waveforms illustrating dimming or adjusting of brightness/luminance in a lighting system of an LED lighting apparatus. Referring to FIGS.
  • the external power grid EP is assumed to provide AC power as the input power Pin for example
  • the signal waveforms of FIG. 2 illustrate voltage waveforms for a (positive) half cycle of the input power Pin having an amplitude VPK for example.
  • the signal waveforms from top to bottom are respectively voltage waveforms WF1, WF2, and WF3 corresponding to three different dimming control states or situations of the luminance Lux (of the LED lighting apparatus 100 of FIG. 1A) being at its maximum Lmax, being at 50%of its maximum Lmax, and being at 17%of its maximum Lmax, respectively.
  • the dimmer of FIG. 1A may be configured to cut off the controllable electronic element at or within 1/4 cycle of the input power signal Pin and then maintain or keep the controllable electronic element at the current conduction state for the rest of the half cycle of the input power signal Pin.
  • the resulting voltage waveform has a value of zero for the phase angle of 0 -90 degrees of the input power signal Pin and then has part of a sinusoidal waveform following that for the phase angle of 90 -180 degrees of the input power signal Pin, but the invention is not limited to the forward phase-cut (i.e., the leading-edge dimming control) . Accordingly, the input power signal Pin undergoes the cutting off of phase angle performed by the dimmer 50 to produce or result in the input power signal Pin_C with a phase conduction angle of 90 degrees. There are other embodiments of modulating the input power signal Pin to have a phase-cut angle that have principles similar to the described principle of this example.
  • the dimmer 50 when the dimmer 50in response to the dimming signal Sdim modulates the input power Pin to have a phase-cut angle of 0 degree, meaning the input power Pin has a phase conduction angle of 180 degrees, the dimmer 50 directly provides or reproduces the input power signal Pin to the LED lighting apparatus 100 of FIG. 1A, so the input power signal Pin_C is the same as or corresponds to the input power signal Pin.
  • the dimmer 50 when the dimmer 50in response to the dimming signal Sdim modulates the input power Pin to have a phase-cut angle of 90 degrees, meaning the input power Pin has a phase conduction angle of 90 degrees, the dimmer 50 cuts off the power line for the phase angle of 0 -90 degrees of the input power signal Pin and then causes current conduction through the power line for the phase angle of 90 -180 degrees of the input power signal Pin.
  • the effective value of the input power signal Pin_C is smaller than the effective value Vrms1 and assumed to be Vrms2, and the input power signal Pin_C of the effective value Vrms2 causes the luminance Lux of the LED module LM to be at 50%of its maximum level Lmax.
  • the dimmer 50in response to the dimming signal Sdim modulates the input power Pin to have a phase-cut angle of 150 degrees, meaning the input power Pin has a phase conduction angle of 30 degrees
  • the dimmer 50 cuts off the power line for the phase angle of 0 -150 degrees of the input power signal Pin and then causes current conduction through the power line for the phase angle of 150 -180 degrees of the input power signal Pin.
  • the effective value of the input power signal Pin_C is smaller than the effective value Vrms2 and assumed to be Vrms3, and the input power signal Pin_C of the effective value Vrms3 causes the luminance Lux of the LED module LM to be at 17%of its maximum level Lmax.
  • the dimmer 50 of FIG. 1A can cause corresponding variation in the effective value of the input power signal Pin_C, which may be varied to be e.g. Vrms1, Vrms2, or Vrms3.
  • the caused variation in the effective value of the input power signal Pin_C is typically in positive correlation with the variation in its phase conduction angle, that is, the larger the phase conduction angle of the input power signal Pin_C the larger its effective value. Accordingly, the caused variation in the effective value of the input power signal Pin_C is typically in negative correlation with the variation in its phase-cut angle.
  • the described common way of dimming control realizes the function of dimming control by adjusting the effective value of the input power signal Pin.
  • An advantage of this common way is that because the generated driving power Sdrv varies directly corresponding to the variation in the effective value of the input power signal Pin_C, original hardware structures or parts of a regular LED lighting apparatus 100 need not be retrofitted or adapted for realizing dimming control, for which purpose mainly adding a dimmer 50 is needed in an LED lighting system.
  • the dimmer 50 in order to cause a sufficient variation in the effective value of the input power signal Pin_C for tuning the luminance/brightness of the LED module, the dimmer 50 must adjust or modulate the phase-cut angle (or the phase conduction angle) in a relative wide range to adjust the effective value of the input power signal Pin_C.
  • the relative wide range of the phase-cut angle can refer to, for example, from 0 degree to 180 degrees as illustrated in FIG. 2.
  • the operating power supply module PM might be negatively impacted by significant effects of characteristics such as total harmonic distortion (THD) and power factor (PF) such that the power conversion efficiency of the power supply module PM is significantly small or reduced, which may even cause the problem of light-flickering of the LED module LM. So, under this common way of the dimming control, it’s hard to improve the power conversion efficiency of the power supply module PM, due to such limitations of the dimmer 50.
  • TDD total harmonic distortion
  • PF power factor
  • a dimmer 50 using the described common way of realizing dimming control may not be compatible with various voltage specifications of standard power grids, such as AC voltage specifications of 120V, 230V, and 277V. Therefore a designer likely needs to adjust parameters or hardware designs according to the application environment of an LED lighting system 10, which will increase the overall production cost of products of the LED lighting system 10.
  • the present disclosure presents a new dimming control method, and an LED lighting system and an LED lighting apparatus using the same.
  • Each of the LED lighting system and LED lighting apparatus is configured to receive a dimmer-adjusted signal (also can be referred to modulated signal) produced by varying the phase-cut angle or phase conduction angle of the input power Pin, then to obtain actual dimming message by demodulating the dimmer-adjusted signal, and then according to the obtained dimming message to control circuit operation (s) of the power supply module PM to generate the driving power Sdrv.
  • a dimmer-adjusted signal also can be referred to modulated signal
  • the dimmer 50 may vary the phase-cut angle or phase conduction angle of the input power Pin within a relatively small phase angle/range so as to cause a relatively small difference between effective values respectively of the dimmer-adjusted input power Pin_C and the input power Pin provided by the external power grid EP.
  • the phase conduction angle of the input power Pin will be similar to that of the modulating input power Pin_C, and therefore the characteristics of total harmonic distortion (THD) and power factor (PF) can be maintained/controlled, meaning the power conversion efficiency of the power supply module PM may not be inhibited or hindered by the dimmer 50.
  • TDD total harmonic distortion
  • PF power factor
  • FIG. 3 is a circuit block diagram of an LED lighting apparatus according to an embodiment of the disclosure.
  • the LED lighting apparatus 200 may be applied in the LED lighting system 10 or 20 of FIGS. 1A and 1B.
  • the LED lighting apparatus 200 includes a power supply module PM and an LED module LM, wherein the power supply module PM includes a rectifying circuit 210, a filtering circuit 220, a driving circuit 230, and a demodulating circuit 240.
  • the rectifying circuit 210 is configured to receive an input power Pin_C through first and second connection terminals 101 and 102, in order to rectify the input power Pin_C and then output a rectified signal Srec through first and second rectifying output terminals 211 and 212.
  • the input power Pin_C may be or comprise an AC signal or DC signal, either type of signal can be compatible with designed operations of the LED lighting apparatus 200.
  • the rectifying circuit 210 in the power supply module PM may be omitted.
  • the rectifying circuit 210 When the rectifying circuit 210 is omitted, the first and second connection terminals 101 and 102 would be coupled directly to input terminal (s) of the filtering circuit 220, which would be the first and second rectifying output terminals 211 and 212 if the rectifying circuit 210 were present.
  • the rectifying circuit 210 may comprise a full-wave rectifying circuit, a half-wave rectifying circuit, a bridge-type rectifying circuit, or other type of rectifying circuit, and the disclosed invention is not limited to any of these types.
  • the filtering circuit 220 is electrically connected to the rectifying circuit 210, in order to electrically filter the rectified signal Srec, wherein input terminals of the filtering circuit 220 are coupled to the first and second rectifying output terminals 211 and 212 in order to receive and then electrically filter the rectified signal Srec.
  • a resulting filtered signal Sflr is output at first and second filtering output terminals 221 and 222. It’s noted that the first rectifying output terminal 211 may be regarded as the first filtering output terminal 221 and the second rectifying output terminal 212 may be regarded as the second filtering output terminal 222.
  • the filtering circuit 220 can filter out ripples of the rectified signal Srec, causing the waveform of the filtered signal Sflr to be smoother than that of the rectified signal Srec.
  • circuit configurations of the filtering circuit 220 may be designed so as to filter as to a specific frequency, for example, to filter out circuit response to a specific frequency of an input external driving signal.
  • the filtering circuit 220 is a circuit comprising at least one of a resistor, a capacitor, or an inductor, such as a parallel-connected capacitor filter or a pi-shape filter, but the invention is not limited to any of these types of filtering circuit.
  • a pi-shape filter looks like the symbol ⁇ in its shape of circuit schematic.
  • the driving circuit 230 is electrically connected to the filtering circuit 220, in order to receive, and then perform power conversion on, the filtered signal Sflr, to produce a driving power signal Sdrv, wherein input terminals of the driving circuit 230 are coupled to the first and second filtering output terminals 221 and 222 in order to receive the filtered signal Sflr and then produce the driving power signal Sdrv for driving the LED module LM to emit light.
  • the first filtering output terminal 221 may be regarded as a first driving output terminal 231 of the driving circuit 230 and the second filtering output terminal 222 may be regarded as a second driving output terminal 232 of the driving circuit 230.
  • the driving power signal Sdrv produced by the driving circuit 230 is then provided to the LED module LM through the first driving output terminal 231 and second driving output terminal 232, to cause the LED module LM to light up in response to the received driving power signal Sdrv. Further explanation of embodiment of the driving circuit 230 is as follows with reference to FIG. 4.
  • FIG. 4 is a circuit block diagram of a driving circuit according to an embodiment of the disclosure.
  • a driving circuit 330 of FIG. 4 is an embodiment of the driving circuit 230 of FIG. 3, and includes a switching control circuit 331 and a conversion circuit 332 for power conversion based on a current source, for driving the LED module LM to emit light.
  • the conversion circuit 332 includes a switching circuit PSW (also known as a power switch) and an energy storage circuit ESE.
  • the conversion circuit 332 is coupled to the first and second filtering output terminals 221 and 222 in order to receive and then convert the filtered signal Sflr, under the control by the switching control circuit 331, into a driving power signal Sdrv output at the first and second driving output terminals 231 and 232 for driving the LED module LM.
  • the driving power output by the conversion circuit 332 comprises a steady current, making the LED module LM emit steady light.
  • the driving circuit 330 may include a bias circuit 333 (not shown in FIG.
  • 4) which may be configured to generate a working voltage Vcc based on a power line voltage of the power supply module PM and to be used by the switching control circuit 331, for the switching control circuit 331 to be activated and operate in response to the working voltage Vcc.
  • the switching control circuit 331 in this embodiment of FIG. 4 is configured to perform real-time regulation or adjusting of the duty cycle of a lighting control signal Slc according to current operational states of the LED module LM, in order to conduct or cut off the switching circuit PSW according to or in response to the lighting control signal Slc.
  • the switching control circuit 331 can determine or judge a current operational state of the LED module LM by detecting one or more of an input voltage (such as a voltage level on the first connection terminal 101 or the second connection terminal 102, on the first rectifying output terminal 211, or on the first filtering output terminal 221) , an output voltage (such as a voltage level on the first driving output terminal 231) , an input current (such as a current on the input power line or flowing through the rectifying output terminal 211/212 and the filtering output terminal 221/222) , and an output current (such as a current flowing through the driving output terminal 231/232 or energy storage circuit ESE or the switching circuit PSW) .
  • an input voltage such as a voltage level on the first connection terminal 101 or the second connection terminal 102, on the first rectifying output terminal 211, or on the first filtering output terminal 221
  • an output voltage such as a voltage level on the first driving output terminal 231
  • an input current such as a current on the input power line or flowing through the rectifying output terminal 211/2
  • the energy storage circuit ESE is configured to alternate or switch its operation between being charged with energy and discharging energy, according to the state of the switching circuit PSW being conducted or cut off, in order to maintain or make the driving power signal Sdrv received by the LED module LM be stably above a predefined current value Ipred.
  • the demodulating circuit 240 of FIG. 3 has input terminals electrically connected to the first and second connection terminals 101 and 102 in order to receive an input power Pin_C, and has output terminal electrically connected to the driving circuit 230 in order to provide a dimming control signal Sdc to the driving circuit 230.
  • the demodulating circuit 240 is configured to generate the dimming control signal Sdc according to the magnitude of the phase-cut angle or conduction phase angle applied for each cycle or half-cycle of the input power signal Pin_C, wherein the switching control circuit 331 is configured to adjust its output of the lighting control signal Slc according to the dimming control signal Sdc so as to cause the driving power signal Sdrv to vary in response to variation of the lighting control signal Slc.
  • the switching control circuit 331 is configured to adjust the duty cycle of the lighting control signal Slc according to the dimming control signal Sdc, so as to cause the driving power signal Sdrv to increase or decrease in response to a luminance message indicated by the dimming control signal Sdc.
  • the switching control circuit 331 may increase the duty cycle of the lighting control signal Slc according to the dimming control signal Sdc, so as to cause the energy storage circuit ESE to output a higher driving power signal Sdrv for the LED module LM.
  • the switching control circuit 331 may decrease the duty cycle of the lighting control signal Slc according to the dimming control signal Sdc, so as to cause the energy storage circuit ESE to output a lower driving power signal Sdrv for the LED module LM.
  • the demodulation process performed by the demodulating circuit 240 may comprise a signal conversion method such as sampling, time counting, or mapping or functioning between signals. For example, for each cycle or half cycle of the input power signal Pin_C, the demodulating circuit 240 may count for a period, sample the input power signal Pin_C within the period to obtain the time length of the input power signal Pin_C remains at a zero voltage level. Since the cycle of the input power signal Pin_C is fixed, the phase-cut angle can be obtained by calculating the ratio of the time length of the input power signal Pin_C remains at the zero voltage level to the cycle of the input power signal Pin_C, which means the time length of the time length of the input power signal Pin_C remains at the zero voltage level corresponds to the phase-cut angle directly.
  • the demodulating circuit 240 can convert the phase-cut angle into a dimming control signal Sdc capable of controlling the switching control circuit 331 by mapping the time length of the input power signal Pin_C remains at the zero voltage level, linearly or nonlinearly, into a voltage level. And the range of the voltage level after mapping may be selected according to the voltage rating of the switching control circuit 331, and is for example between 0V and 5V. Further description of signal waveforms and circuit operations in an LED lighting system including the LED lighting apparatus 200 under different dimming control states or situations is as follows with reference to FIG. 5, which is a signal waveform diagram of signal waveforms illustrating dimming or adjusting of luminance according to an embodiment of the disclosure.
  • the dimmer 50 may for example vary the phase-cut angle of the input power signal Pin within a dimming phase range D_ITV.
  • the signal waveforms from top to bottom are respectively a voltage waveform WF4 showing the dimming phase angle D_ITV, a voltage waveform WF5 corresponding to the dimming control state of the luminance Lux (of the LED lighting apparatus 200 of FIG. 3) being at its maximum Lmax, and a voltage waveform WF6 corresponding to the dimming control state of the luminance Lux being at its minimum Lmin.
  • the dimming phase range D_ITV is the difference between a maximum phase-cut angle C2 and a minimum phase-cut angle C1, which minimum phase-cut angle C1 may be any number (such as 1, 2, or 3) of degrees in the range of between 0 and 15 degrees and which maximum phase-cut angle C2 may be any number (such as 21, 22, or 23) of degrees in the range of between 20 and 45 degrees, but the present invention is not limited to any of these ranges.
  • the dimming phase range D_ITV may be for example a phase difference between 0 and 45 degrees, between 5 and 45 degrees, between 5 and 20 degrees, between 15 and 20 degrees, or between 15 and 45 degrees, depending on the design needs.
  • the choice of the maximum phase-cut angle C2 is based on two factors or principles.
  • the first factor is that the size of the dimming phase range D_ITV should afford distinguishable states of luminance after mapping performed by the demodulating circuit 240.
  • the second factor is that when the dimmer 50 produces the input power signal Pin_C having the maximum phase-cut angle C2, the characteristics of total harmonic distortion (THD) and power factor (PF) of the power supply module PM of FIG.
  • the THD and PF can still be maintained/controlled, for example having values of the THD and PF no smaller than 80%of values of the THD and PF when the dimmer 50 produces the input power signal Pin_C having the minimum phase-cut angle C1, or preferably the value of the THD is larger than 25 and the value of the PF is larger than 0.9.
  • the dimmer 50 in response to the dimming signal Sdim modulates the input power Pin to result in the minimum phase-cut angle C1, meaning the input power signal Pin_C has a conduction phase angle of (180-C1) degrees, the dimmer 50 cuts off the power line for the phase angle of 0 –C1 degrees of the input power signal Pin and then causes current conduction through the power line for the phase angle of C1 -180 degrees of the input power signal Pin.
  • the demodulating circuit 240 generates a dimming control signal Sdc indicative of adjusting the luminance Lux into its maximum Lmax, according to the input power signal Pin_C having the minimum phase-cut angle C1.
  • the switching control circuit 331 controls switching of the switching circuit PSW according to the dimming control signal Sdc as a reference, in order for the conversion circuit 332 to generate a corresponding driving power signal Sdrv for driving the LED module LM and causing its luminance Lux to reach or stay at the maximum Lmax.
  • the dimmer 50 in response to the dimming signal Sdim modulates the input power Pin to result in the maximum phase-cut angle C2, meaning the input power Pin_C2 has a conduction phase angle of (180-C2) degrees, the dimmer 50 cuts off the power line for the phase angle of 0 –C2 degrees of the input power signal Pin and then causes current conduction through the power line for the phase angle of C2 -180 degrees of the input power signal Pin.
  • the demodulating circuit 240 generates a dimming control signal Sdc indicative of adjusting the luminance Lux into its minimum Lmin, according to the input power signal Pin_C having the maximum phase-cut angle C2.
  • the switching control circuit 331 controls switching of the switching circuit PSW according to the dimming control signal Sdc as a reference, in order for the conversion circuit 332 to generate a corresponding driving power signal Sdrv for driving the LED module LM and causing its luminance Lux to reach or stay at the minimum Lmin.
  • the minimum luminance Lmin is for example about 10%of the maximum luminance Lmax.
  • phase-cut angle or phase conduction angle is applied for dimming control
  • variation of the phase-cut angle or conduction phase angle of the resulting input power signal Pin_C in this embodiment of FIG. 5 is merely used as a reference signal indicative of a dimming message, rather than reflecting the effective value of the input power signal Pin_C in the luminance of the lighting LED module LM.
  • the chosen dimming phase range D_ITV would be apparently smaller than that under the dimming control method of the embodiment of FIG. 2.
  • the effective value of the resulting input power signal Pin_C will not be much different.
  • the effective value of the resulting input power signal Pin_C having the maximum phase-cut angle C2 such as the effective value of the voltage waveform WF6 of FIG. 5
  • the effective value of the resulting input power signal Pin_C having the minimum phase-cut angle C1 such as the effective value of the voltage waveform WF5 of FIG. 5.
  • the scope ratio of the effective value of the modulated input power signal Pin_C is not correlated with the scope ratio of the luminance of the lighting LED module. In some preferable embodiments, the scope ratio of the effective value of the modulated input power signal Pin_C is smaller than the scope ratio of the luminance of the lighting LED module. And in some preferable embodiments, the scope ratio of the effective value of the modulated input power signal Pin_C is smaller than or equal to 2, and the scope ratio of the luminance of the lighting LED module is larger than or equal to 10.
  • the described positive correlation of the luminance Lux of the LED module LM with respect to the variation of the phase-cut angle is only exemplary but not limiting, and in other embodiments the luminance Lux of the LED module LM may be in negative correlation with the cut-off phase angle of the modulated input power signal Pin_C.
  • the dimmer 50 in response to a dimming signal Sdim modulates the input power Pin to result in the minimum cut-off phase angle C1, meaning the input power Pin has a conduction phase angle of (180-C1) degrees, the dimmer 50 cuts off the power line for the phase angle of 0 ⁇ C1 degrees of the input power signal Pin and then causes current conduction through the power line for the phase angle of C1 ⁇ 180 degrees of the input power signal Pin.
  • the demodulating circuit 240 generates a dimming control signal Sdc indicative of adjusting the luminance Lux into its minimum Lmin, according to the modulated input power signal Pin_C having the cut-off phase angle C1.
  • the switching control circuit 331 controls switching of the switching circuit PSW according to the dimming control signal Sdc as a reference, in order for the conversion circuit 332 to generate a corresponding driving power signal Sdrv for driving the LED module LM and causing its luminance Lux to reach or stay at the minimum luminance Lmin.
  • the dimmer 50 in response to a dimming signal Sdim modulates the input power Pin to result in the cut-off phase angle C2, meaning the input power Pin has a conduction phase angle of (180-C2) degrees, the dimmer 50 cuts off the power line for the phase angle of 0 to C2 degrees of the input power signal Pin and then causes current conduction through the power line for the phase angle of C2 degrees to 180 degrees of the input power signal Pin.
  • the demodulating circuit 240 generates a dimming control signal Sdc indicative of adjusting the luminance Lux into its maximum Lmax, according to the modulated input power signal Pin_C having the cut-off phase angle C2.
  • the switching control circuit 331 controls switching of the switching circuit PSW according to the dimming control signal Sdc as a reference, in order for the conversion circuit 332 to generate a corresponding driving power signal Sdrv for driving the LED module LM and causing its luminance Lux to reach or stay at the maximum Lmax.
  • the cut-off phase angle C2 is larger than the cut-off phase angle C1.
  • the luminance Lux of the LED module LM is in negative correlation with the cut-off phase angle of the modulated input power Pin_C
  • the luminance Lux of the LED module LM is in positive correlation with the cut-off phase angle of the modulated input power Pin_C
  • the luminance Lux of the LED module LM is in positive correlation with the effective value of the modulated input power Pin_C
  • the luminance Lux of the LED module LM is in negative correlation with the effective value of the modulated input power Pin_C.
  • the luminance Lux of the LED module LM can only be in positive correlation with the effective value of the modulated input power Pin_C.
  • the type of correlation between the luminance Lux of the LED module LM and the effective value or the phase-cut angle of the modulated input power Pin_C may be selected preferably according to actual or practical needs. Therefore, according to this disclosure, for example, it may be that the luminance Lux of the LED module LM is not directly proportional to the effective value of the modulated input power Pin_C.
  • FIG. 6 illustrates a corresponding relationship between the three variables of a phase-cut angle for dimming, a demodulating signal, and the luminance of an LED module, according to an embodiment of the disclosure
  • FIG. 7 illustrates a corresponding relationship between the three variables of a phase-cut angle for dimming, a demodulating signal, and the luminance of an LED module, according to another embodiment of the disclosure.
  • the demodulating circuit 240 of this embodiment of FIG. 6 is configured to obtain and transform a dimming message by performing a signal processing method similar to analog signal processing. It can be seen from FIG. 6 that when the phase-cut angle ANG_pc of the dimmer-adjusted input power signal Pin_C is varied within the range of between the minimum phase-cut angle C1 and the maximum phase-cut angle C2, the voltage level of the dimming control signal Sdc is correspondingly varied within the range of between voltages V1 and V2.
  • phase-cut angle ANG_pc of the dimmer-adjusted input power signal Pin_C varied within the dimming range of phase-cut angle is in linear positive correlation with the voltage level of the dimming control signal Sdc.
  • the demodulating circuit 240 when judging that the dimmer-adjusted input power signal Pin_C has the minimum phase-cut angle C1, the demodulating circuit 240 correspondingly generates a dimming control signal Sdc of the voltage level V1; and similarly, when judging that the dimmer-adjusted input power signal Pin_C has the maximum phase-cut angle C2, the demodulating circuit 240 correspondingly generates a dimming control signal Sdc of the voltage level V2.
  • the dimming control signal Sdc in linear positive correlation with the phase-cut angle ANG_pc of the dimmer-adjusted input power signal Pin_C is provided to the switching control circuit 331 to cause the conversion circuit 332 to generate a corresponding driving power signal Sdrv for driving the LED module LM and causing it to have a corresponding luminance Lux.
  • the luminance Lux of the LED module LM is in linear negative correlation with the voltage level of the dimming control signal Sdc. As shown in FIG.
  • the switching control circuit 331 adjusts the lighting control signal Slc accordingly to cause the LED module LM to light with a luminance La when being driven by the driving power signal Sdrv.
  • the luminance La is inversely proportional to the voltage level Va of the dimming control signal Sdc, and can be expressed by, but not limited to,
  • the above described mechanism of generating a dimming control signal Sdc in order to reach a luminance Lux of the lighting LED module LM is only an embodiment to illustrate a signal conversion method, similar to analog signal processing, of how the demodulating circuit 240 obtains or extracts a signal feature, such as the phase-cut angle, of the dimmer-adjusted input power signal Pin_C and then transforms/maps the signal feature into a dimming control signal Sdc for enabling the driving circuit 230 to adjust the luminance Lux of the LED module LM according to the dimming control signal Sdc.
  • the above described mechanism is not intended to limit the scope of the disclosed invention herein.
  • the relationship between the dimming control signal Sdc and the phase-cut angle ANG_pc may be a non-linear relationship, such as an exponential relationship.
  • the relationship between the dimming control signal Sdc and the luminance Lux may be a non-linear relationship.
  • the disclosed invention herein is not limited to any of the described relationship herein.
  • the relationship between the phase-cut angle ANG_pc and the voltage level of the dimming control signal Sdc may be a negative correlation.
  • the relationship between the luminance La and the voltage level Va may be a positive correlation.
  • the demodulating circuit 240 of this embodiment of FIG. 7 is configured to obtain and transform a dimming message by performing a signal processing method similar to digital signal processing.
  • the dimming control signal may have a default number of different signal states corresponding to variations or values of the phase-cut angle, in order to control dimming of the LED module to the default number of different dimming levels respectively. It can be seen from FIG.
  • the dimming control signal Sdc can have 8 different signal states D1-D8 according to variation of the phase-cut angle ANG_pc. So the dimming range of between the minimum phase-cut angle C1 and the maximum phase-cut angle C2 may be divided into 8 sub-ranges among which the phase-cut angle ANG_pc can be varied and corresponding to the 8 different signal states D1-D8 of the dimming control signal Sdc respectively.
  • the different signal states of the dimming control signal Sdc may be indicated or represented by different voltage levels, wherein for example the signal state D1 of the dimming control signal Sdc corresponds to a voltage level of 1V and the signal state D8 corresponds to a voltage level of 5V.
  • the different signal states of the dimming control signal Sdc may be indicated or represented by logical voltage levels coded in multiple bits, wherein for example the signal state D1 of the dimming control signal Sdc corresponds to a logical voltage level coded as the three-bit “000” and the signal state D8 corresponds to a logical voltage level coded as the three-bit “111” .
  • the dimming control signal Sdc in the range of the 8 different signal states D1-D8 is provided to the switching control circuit 331 to cause the conversion circuit 332 to generate a corresponding driving power signal Sdrv for driving the LED module LM and causing it to have a corresponding luminance Lux.
  • different values of the luminance Lux of the LED module LM are in one-to-one correspondence with the 8 different signal states D1-D8.
  • the 8 different signal states D1-D8 correspond to 100%, 87.5%, 75%, 62.5%, 50%, 37.5%, 25%, and 10%of the maximum value Lmax of the luminance Lux respectively.
  • the described embodiment of logical voltage level representation uses three bits to code the distinguish ability of the 8 different signal states D1-D8 of the dimming control signal Sdc produced by the demodulating circuit 240, which is also known as an 8-section dimming, but the present invention disclosed herein is not limited to this number of bits.
  • FIG. 8 is a signal waveform diagram of signal waveforms of input power signal of an LED lighting apparatus under different power grid voltages according to an embodiment of the disclosure. Referring to the FIGS. 1A, 3, and 8, it can be seen that no matter whether the peak voltage or amplitude of the input power Pin is a1 or a2, if the dimmer 50 modulates the input power Pin to result in a phase-cut angle C3, the phase angle/interval of the zero voltage level in the dimmer-adjusted input power Pin_C (i.e. the phase angle between 0 degree and C3) generated by the dimmer 50 is the same.
  • the demodulating circuit 240 can demodulate any dimmer-adjusted input power Pin_C of the same phase-cut angle to produce the same dimming control signal Sdc. Therefore, no matter what the voltage amplitude of the external power grid EP supplying the LED lighting system 10 is, upon receiving the same dimming signal Sdim, the LED lighting system 10 can cause the LED lighting apparatus 100 to light with the same luminance or color temperature, and thus the LED lighting system 10 is compatible with various applications with different types of external power grid EP.
  • dimming of an LED module (with respect to e.g. its luminance or color temperature) is performed or achieved in response to the cut-off phase angle of the modulated input power signal Pin_C, but largely not in response to the peak voltage or amplitude of the external power grid (as EP) .
  • the described way of dimming control illustrated by FIG. 2 since the effective value of the dimmer-adjusted input power Pin_C even of the same phase-cut angle significantly varies according to different voltage amplitudes of types of applied input power, the described way of dimming control illustrated by FIG. 2 can only be customized or designed specifically for the actual application environment of an LED lighting system 10, which resulting design is not compatible with different types of applied input power.
  • FIG. 9 is a flow chart of steps of a dimming control method for an LED lighting system according to an embodiment of the disclosure. Referring to both FIGS. 1A and 9, a whole dimming control method is described here from the perspective of the LED lighting system 10.
  • the dimmer 50 modulates the input power Pin according to a dimming signal Sdim, in order to generate a dimmer-adjusted input power signal Pin_C (step S110) , wherein the dimmer-adjusted input power signal Pin_C carries a signal feature indicative of a dimming message, which the signal feature is for example a phase-cut angle or phase conduction angle of the dimmer-adjusted input power signal Pin_C.
  • the dimmer-adjusted input power signal Pin_C is then provided to the LED lighting apparatus 100, causing the LED lighting apparatus 100 to perform power conversion and light up the internal LED module according to the received input power Pin_C (step S120) .
  • the LED lighting apparatus 100 captures or extracts a signal feature of the received input power Pin_C (step S130) , and then demodulates the signal feature to obtain a corresponding dimming message (step S140) . And then the LED lighting apparatus 100 adjusts operation of power conversion according to the demodulated dimming message, in order to change/adjust the luminance or color temperature of the LED module (step S150) .
  • the step of obtaining a signal feature of the received input power Pin_C (step S130) , and the step of demodulating the received input power Pin_C (step S130) may be performed or achieved by a demodulating circuit 240 in the LED lighting apparatus 100/200.
  • the step of causing the LED lighting apparatus 100 to perform power conversion and light up the internal LED module according to the received input power Pin_C (step S120) , and the step of adjusting operation of power conversion according to the demodulated dimming message in order to adjust the luminance of the LED module (step S150) may be performed or achieved by a driving circuit 230 in the LED lighting apparatus 100/200.
  • FIG. 10 is a flow chart of steps of a dimming control method for an LED lighting apparatus according to an embodiment of the disclosure.
  • a rectifying circuit 210 and a filtering circuit 220 perform a rectification and a filtering on the received input power Pin_C respectively in order to generate a filtered signal Sflr for a driving circuit 230 (step S210) .
  • the driving circuit 230 then performs power conversion on the received filtered signal Sflr and then generates a driving power signal Sdrv for a later-stage LED module (step S220) .
  • a demodulating circuit 240 captures or extracts a signal feature of the received input power Pin_C (step S230) , and then demodulates the signal feature to obtain a dimming message and generate a corresponding dimming control signal Sdc (step S240) .
  • the driving circuit 230 adjusts operation of power conversion according to the dimming control signal Sdc, in order to adjust the magnitude of the driving power Sdrv in response to the obtained dimming message (step S250) , for adjusting/changing the luminance or color temperature of the LED module LM.
  • a way to adjust power conversion operation of a driving circuit 230 by using a dimming control signal Sdc may be an analog-signal control method.
  • the dimming control signal Sdc may be an analog signal used to control a reference value of voltage or current of the driving circuit 230 in an analog way, so as to adjust the magnitude of the driving power signal Sdrv in an analog way.
  • a way to adjust power conversion operation of a driving circuit 230 by using a dimming control signal Sdc may be a digital-signal control method.
  • the dimming control signal Sdc may have different duty cycles corresponding to variations or values of the phase-cut angle respectively.
  • the dimming control signal Sdc may be a digital signal having a first state (as a high logical state) and a second state (as a low logical state) .
  • the first state and the second state may be used to control the magnitude of the driving power signal Sdrv of the driving circuit 230 in a digital way, such that at the first state of the dimming control signal Sdc the driving circuit 230 outputs a current while at the second state of the dimming control signal Sdc the driving circuit 230 stops outputting a current, for performing dimming of the LED module LM.
  • the dimming control signal Sdc does not transmit on the power loop which the driving power signal passing through. That is, the dimming control signal Sdc does not use for driving the LED module directly.
  • the current intensity or the power level of the dimming control signal Sdc is much less than the driving power signal Sdrv. In some embodiments, the current intensity or the power level of the driving power signal Sdrv is at least 10 times larger than the dimming control signal Sdc.
  • the described embodiments in this disclosure related to modulating the input power to result in a phase cut-off or conduction angle all use the leading edge phase cutting (meaning the phase cutting of the input power signal starts from the phase of 0 degree) for example, the disclosed invention is not limited to this type of phase cutting.
  • the dimmer can instead use the trailing edge phase cutting, i.e. the phase cutting of the input power signal starts from a particular positive phase to the phase of 180 degrees, as a way to modulate the input power.
  • the described embodiments in this disclosure all aim to adjust the luminance of the lighting LED module
  • the described methods in these embodiments can be adapted or analogized for adjusting the color temperature of the lighting LED module.
  • the described way of dimming control can achieve the adjusting of color temperature of the LED lighting apparatus.
  • the rectifying circuit in the power supply module there may be a dual rectifying circuit.
  • First and second rectifying circuits of the dual rectifying circuit are respectively coupled to the two end caps disposed on two ends of the LED apparatus.
  • the dual rectifying circuit is applicable to the drive architecture of dual-end power supply.
  • the dual rectifying circuit may comprise, for example, two half-wave rectifier circuits, two full-wave bridge rectifying circuits or one half-wave rectifier circuit and one full-wave bridge rectifying circuit.
  • the pin in the LED apparatus there may be two pins in a single end (the other end has no pin) , two pins in corresponding ends of two ends, or four pins in corresponding ends of two ends.
  • the designs of two pins in single end and two pins in corresponding ends of two ends are applicable to a single rectifying circuit design of the rectifying circuit.
  • the design of four pins in corresponding ends of two ends is applicable to a dual rectifying circuit design of the rectifying circuit, and the external driving signal can be received by two pins in only one end or any pin in each of two ends.
  • the filtering circuit of the power supply module there may be a single capacitor, or ⁇ filter circuit.
  • the filtering circuit filers the high frequency component of the rectified signal for providing a DC signal with a low ripple voltage as the filtered signal.
  • the filtering circuit also further comprises the LC filtering circuit having a high impedance for a specific frequency for conforming to current limitations in specific frequencies of the UL standard.
  • the filtering circuit according to some embodiments further comprises a filtering unit coupled between a rectifying circuit and the pin (s) for reducing the EMI resulted from the circuit (s) of the LED apparatus.
  • the LED apparatus may omit the filtering circuit in the power supply module when the external driving signal is a DC signal.

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Cette invention concerne des systèmes d'éclairage à DEL, un appareil d'éclairage à DEL et un procédé de gradation de DEL. Le système d'éclairage à DEL comprend un circuit redresseur, un circuit filtrant, un circuit d'attaque, un module de DEL et un circuit de démodulation. Le circuit de démodulation est couplé aux première et seconde bornes de connexion, et est configuré pour obtenir une caractéristique de signal du signal de puissance d'entrée, puis démoduler la caractéristique de signal afin d'obtenir un message de gradation correspondant. Le circuit de démodulation est configuré pour générer un signal de commande de gradation en fonction du message de gradation obtenu et délivrer ensuite le signal de commande de gradation pour le circuit d'attaque, et le circuit d'attaque est configuré pour ajuster son fonctionnement de conversion de puissance en fonction du signal de commande de gradation reçu, afin de modifier/ajuster l'amplitude du signal de puissance d'excitation en réponse au message de gradation. La caractéristique de signal est un angle de coupure de phase du signal de puissance d'entrée, et l'angle de coupure de phase n'est pas supérieur à 90 degrés lorsque le module de DEL s'allume avec une luminance minimale.
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