Elimination of an electrolytic capacitor in AC/DC light-emitting diode (LED) driver with high input power factor and constant output current

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1598-1607

  Chen, Wu ^a   Ron Hui, S Y ^b,c  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AC DC LED drivers; electrolytic capacitors; lifetime; light emitting diodes (LEDs)

Indexed keywords

CONTROL STRATEGIES; DETAILED DESIGN; HIGH INPUT POWER; INPUT POWER FACTOR; LED DRIVERS; LIFETIME; LONG LIFETIME; MAIN CIRCUIT; OPERATION PRINCIPLES; OUTPUT CURRENT; STORAGE ELEMENTS;

ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITORS; LIGHT EMISSION;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 84863115381     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2010.2103959     Document Type: Article

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