PWM series dimming for slow-dynamics HPF LED drivers: The high-frequency approach

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1717-1727

  Gacio, David ^a   Alonso, J Marcos ^a   Garcia, Jorge ^a   Campa, Lidia ^a   Crespo, Mario J ^a   Rico Secades, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Industrial power systems; light emitting diodes (LEDs); lighting control; power electronics

Indexed keywords

CONSTANT-CURRENT; CONTROL LOOP; DIMMING RATIO; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; HIGH-POWER; INDUSTRIAL POWER SYSTEMS; INPUT CURRENT; LABORATORY TEST; LED DRIVERS; LED LIGHTING; LIGHTING CONTROL; POWER FACTORS; PWM DIMMING; SLEW-RATE; TOTAL HARMONIC DISTORTIONS;

DC-DC CONVERTERS; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR CORRECTION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; LIGHTING; POWER ELECTRONICS; RATE CONSTANTS; SLOW LIGHT;

PULSE WIDTH MODULATION;

EID: 80455156366     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2011.2130503     Document Type: Article

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