A method of reducing the peak-to-average ratio of LED current for electrolytic capacitor-less AC-DC drivers

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 592-601

  Wang, Beibei ^a   Ruan, Xinbo ^b   Yao, Kai ^a   Xu, Ming ^c,d  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c FSP Powerland Technology Inc   (China)

^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flyback converter; Harmonic current injection; Light emitting diode (LED); Peak to average ratio; Power factor correction (PFC)

Indexed keywords

AC VOLTAGE; CONTROL METHODS; DUTY CYCLES; ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR-LESS; ENERGY STAR; FITTING FUNCTIONS; FLYBACK; FLYBACK CONVERTERS; HALF-LINE; HARMONIC CURRENT INJECTION; HIGH BRIGHTNESS; INPUT CURRENT; INPUT POWER FACTOR; INPUT VOLTAGES; LED DRIVERS; LINE FREQUENCY; LONG LIFETIME; OUTPUT CURRENT; PEAK-TO-AVERAGE RATIO; POWER FACTOR CORRECTIONS; PULSATING CURRENTS; SAFE OPERATION; THIRD AND FIFTH HARMONIC;

CAPACITANCE; CAPACITORS; DIODES; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITORS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; HARMONIC FUNCTIONS; LIGHT EMISSION; MULTICARRIER MODULATION;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 77950532894     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2009.2031319     Document Type: Article

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