Minimizing required energy storage in off-line LED drivers based on series-input converter modules

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2887-2895

  Hu, Qingcong ^a   Zane, Regan ^a  

^a University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital control; energy storage; light emitting diode (LED); modular converter; series input; switched mode power supply (SMPS)

Indexed keywords

CONVERTER MODULES; CURRENT RIPPLES; DIGITAL CONTROL; FILTER CAPACITORS; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; INPUT POWER FACTOR; INPUT VOLTAGES; LED DRIVERS; LOW PROFILE; LOW-VOLTAGE; MODULAR ARCHITECTURES; MODULAR CONVERTER; OFF-LINE APPLICATIONS; REFERENCE SIGNALS; SERIES INPUT; STORED ENERGY; SWITCHED MODE POWER SUPPLIES; TWO STAGE; UNITY POWER FACTOR;

CAPACITORS; DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; ENERGY STORAGE; FLYWHEELS; LIGHT EMISSION; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT; TOPOLOGY;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 80053641312     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2010.2087772     Document Type: Article

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