Background technology
LED, as a kind of New Solid light source, is expected to become lighting source of new generation with advantages such as its energy-saving and environmental protection, life-span length.As everyone knows, existing LED is nearly all by DC powered, and our productive life electricity consumption is alternating current.Therefore, in the LED product used at present, need a power supply changeover device, alternating current is converted to direct current.The introducing of power supply changeover device, brings a lot of negative effect.One, the life-span of power supply changeover device, well below the life-span of LED self, makes shorten the useful life of lighting device; Its two, power supply changeover device can reduce the efficiency of light-emitting device; Its three, in low-power applications, power supply changeover device can cause the decline of power factor and the increase of current total harmonic distortion.In order to give full play to the advantage of semiconductor lighting, current study hotspot can be become by the LED light emission device of alternating current Direct driver.
In existing AC LED public technology, be use plurality of LEDs assembly to be formed by connecting according to the circuit topological structure of reverse parallel connection or bridge rectifier, to meet the driving requirement of alternating electromotive force mostly.But alternating current fluctuates according to certain frequency period, due to the existence of LED self cut-in voltage, when instantaneous voltage exceedes cut-in voltage, LED just can conducting also luminescence.Otherwise LED is that cut-off is non-luminous.This circuit makes the luminous efficiency of LED very low, and occurs light-emitting flash phenomenon along with AC voltage fluctuations.
In international monopoly WO 2004/023568A1 " LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE HAVING LIGHT-EMITTINGELEMENTS ", propose integrated LED chip array on a sapphire substrate, thus provide a kind of alternating current power-actuated light-emitting device, but do not solve the light-emitting flash problem of LED.
US Patent No. 7,489,086 B2 " AC LIGHT EITTING DIODE AND AC LED DRIVE METHODS ANDAPPARATUS " provides a kind of AC LED device, this invention is a kind of by the device of multiple LED integration packaging, utilizes the LED light-emitting flash phenomenon that the visual persistence effect of human eye causes to make up alternating current.This patent fundamentally solves AC voltage cycle and to fluctuate the light-emitting flash phenomenon caused.
Visible, disclosing in LED alternating-current Driving technique, the drive current that all there is shortcoming a: LED can fluctuate along with the fluctuation of alternating voltage, occurs that brightness changes, produce the phenomenon of light-emitting flash when causing LED luminous.Meanwhile, the core of LED component is a PN junction diode, and its I-V characteristic is approximate exponential function, and after the voltage at LED two ends is greater than cut-in voltage, the electric current flowing through PN junction exponentially increases.The AC driving method of prior art, owing to not using constant-current circuit, when LED junction temperature raises, its cut-in voltage can decline, and because input voltage is constant, the forward current of LED is sharply increased, the PN junction of LED can be made time serious to cause thermal breakdown, permanent damages.
Summary of the invention
Technical problem to be solved by this invention is exactly the problem for the direct driving LED light-emitting device of prior art alternating current, provides a kind of alternating current LED light emission device that direct constant current drives.
The present invention solve the technical problem, the technical scheme adopted is, the LED light emission device that the direct constant current of alternating current drives, comprise ac input end, protected location and rectification unit, it is characterized in that, the first branch road is parallel with between first output of described rectification unit and the second output, second branch road, n-th branch road, described first route the one LED module and the first constant current unit in series, described second route the 2nd LED module and the second constant current unit in series, described n-th route n-th LED module and the n-th constant current unit in series, each constant current unit is connected with sampling unit, wherein n >=1, and be integer,
Described ac input end for connecting alternating current, for device provides operating current;
Described protected location is connected with ac input end, for device provides defencive function;
Described rectification unit is connected with protected location, carries out rectification to the alternating current that protected location exports;
Described sampling unit is used for sampling to the output voltage of rectification unit, and outputs a control signal to each constant current unit;
Each constant current unit is connected with sampling unit, and the electric current of constant respective branch also turns on and off respective branch according to the control signal that sampling unit exports.
In light-emitting device technical scheme of the present invention, the parallel branch that the constant current unit of n bar LED module and series connection thereof is formed is connected to rectification circuit output end, by setting the current value of branch road constant current unit and shutoff thereof, turn-on voltage, alternating voltage can be avoided to change the periodic flicker phenomenon produced.Because the electric current of every bar branch road is constant, the LED in LED module can not cause the change of electric current because of the change of junction temperature, improve the reliability of LED.Can be known by theory analysis, the increase of branch road quantity can make drive current waveform close to sinusoidal wave, improves power factor and the efficiency of light-emitting device.
Concrete, described LED module is made up of LED array.
Adopt LED array can form high-power LED module.
Further, described LED array is made up of at least 1 LED be arranged on same printed circuit board, or integration packaging at least 1 LED is on the same substrate formed, or integrated at least 1 LED is on the same semiconductor substrate formed.
Being arranged on same printed circuit board by LED all in LED module, is method for packing simple, the most economic under state-of-the-art; By LED integration packagings all in LED module on the same substrate, refer to and LED all in LED module is carried out secondary encapsulation, be integrated on same heat-radiating substrate; By on the same semiconductor substrate integrated for LED all in LED module, this adopts semiconductor integrated circuit technique, and same semiconductor chip realizes the integrated of LED.These technology are all the LED integration packaging technology of current comparative maturity.
Concrete, in each LED module, LED is in parallel and/or be connected in series.
The connection combination that in LED module, LED is suitable, as parallel connection, series connection or series-parallel connection etc., more can adapt to the environment for use of alternating current Direct driver, adjust the electric current of each LED module, voltage parameter easily.
Further, a LED module, the 2nd LED module ... the LED quantity comprised in n-th LED module is respectively 1
2, 2
2... n
2, corresponding constant current unit electric current be respectively I, 2I ... nI; I is the first constant current unit electric current.
This regularity of distribution of LED quantity in LED module, can realize the multiple proportion of a branch current, makes total current waveform close to sinusoidal wave, is conducive to the power factor and the efficiency that improve light-emitting device.
Further, when n >=2, same LED belongs to different LED modules simultaneously.
The program can by the LED interlaced arrangement in each LED module, make same or several LED belong to different LED modules simultaneously, realize the multiplexing of LED, the LED quantity of light-emitting device can be reduced, improve the uniformity of light-emitting device luminosity, be conducive to overcoming scintillation.
Concrete, described protected location comprises fuse and/or piezo-resistance, and described fuse is connected on ac input end, and described piezo-resistance is connected in parallel on ac input end.
Fuse is conventional current-limiting protection element, and piezo-resistance is then conventional voltage-limiting protection element, and their combination can complete the most basic current limliting and voltage-limiting protection, and cost is low, easy for installation, is convenient to carry out Two-level ensemble.
Further, described protected location also comprises common mode choke and/or gas discharge tube, and described common mode choke is connected on ac input end, and described gas discharge tube is connected in parallel on ac input end.
Increase common mode choke and gas discharge tube, common mode choke can suppress common mode disturbances, and gas discharge tube can protect lighting device not by injuries such as thunders and lightnings.
Concrete, the full-wave rectifying circuit that described rectification unit is made up of rectifier diode or half-wave rectifying circuit are formed.
Adopt rectifier diode as rectifier cell, small in volume, is convenient to carry out Two-level ensemble encapsulation.
Concrete, described sampling unit is made up of resistor network.
Resistor network is applicable to gathering DC parameter very much, is convenient to the operating point setting constant current unit disconnection and connect.
The invention has the beneficial effects as follows, use the direct constant-current driving LED module of alternating electromotive force, circuit is simple, and volume is little, lightweight, and cost is low.By suitable preset each branch current and switching voltage, LED light emission device periodic flicker when alternating current fluctuates can be alleviated, and when alternating current instantaneous voltage is too high, constant current unit turns off, LED module is not luminous, improves the utilization ratio of power supply, reduces power consumption.Meanwhile, owing to adopting current constant control, avoid LED module because of variations injunction temperature, electric current is excessive and the situation of burning, and extends the useful life of device.
Embodiment
Below in conjunction with drawings and Examples, describe technical scheme of the present invention in detail.
The LED light emission device that the direct constant current of alternating current of the present invention drives; structured flowchart as shown in Figure 1; comprise ac input end 1, protected location 2, rectification unit 3, and the first branch road in parallel between the first output 31 (being generally positive pole) of rectification unit 3 and the second output 32 (being generally negative pole), the second branch road ... n-th branch road.First route the one LED module 51 and the first constant current unit 61 in series, described second route the 2nd LED module 52 and the second constant current unit 62 in series, described n-th route n-th LED module 5n and the n-th constant current unit 6n is in series, each constant current unit is connected with sampling unit, wherein n >=1, and be integer.Ac input end 1 for connecting interchange, for device provides operating current; Protected location 2 is connected with ac input end, for device provides defencive function; Rectification unit 3 is connected with protected location 2, carries out rectification, sine wave output pulse current (as shown in Figure 5 a) to the alternating current that protected location 2 exports; Sampling unit 4 for sampling to the output voltage of rectification unit, and outputs a control signal to each constant current unit; Each constant current unit is connected with sampling unit 4, and the electric current of constant respective branch also turns on and off respective branch according to the control signal that sampling unit 4 exports.
Simple description operation principle of the present invention below:
Electric main (being generally sine wave alternating current) enters protected location 2 by exchanging input interface 1, and carry out rectification through rectification unit 3, become sinusoidal wave pulse voltage, its voltage waveform as shown in Figure 5 a.In an ac period T, raise with input voltage, reach LED module 51 cut-in voltage, a LED module 51 enters operating state, and electric current increases gradually, is operated in constant current state after reaching the first constant current unit 61 predetermined current with this predetermined current.Continue to raise with voltage, voltage reaches the first constant current unit 61 and presets shutoff voltage, and the first constant current unit 61 turns off, and a LED module 51 is not luminous.Now the second constant current unit 62 is connected, 2nd LED module 52 is started working, the electric current set with the second constant current unit 62 after 2nd LED module 52 enters constant current state maintains constant current operation state, along with voltage continues to rise, second constant current unit 62 turns off, by that analogy, until the n-th LED module 5n starts working, constant current unit above all turns off.If setting the first constant current unit 61 continuous current is I, second constant current unit 62 continuous current is 2I, n-th constant current unit continuous current is nI, in theory, divides into groups more, current waveform is close to sine wave, as shown in Figure 5 b, power factor is also higher, and efficiency is also higher, but circuit is also more complicated, placement-and-routing is also more difficult.Therefore, in actual applications, the LED module choosing limited constant current unit and respective amount forms limited bar branch road.
Embodiment 1
As shown in Figure 2, this routine protected location 2 is made up of fuse F and piezo-resistance VR, and fuse F is connected on the phase line L of ac input end 1, and piezo-resistance VR is connected in parallel between the phase line L of ac input end 1 and zero line N.The rectification unit 3 that protected location 2 and full-wave rectifying circuit D1 are formed is connected, rectification unit 3 output 4 branch roads in parallel.
First route the one LED module and the first constant current unit in series, a LED module is made up of a LED11, and its anode connects rectification circuit D1 positive pole, and negative terminal is connected to rectification circuit D1 negative pole by the first constant current unit.The sampling of this example is made up of resistor network, comprises resistance R1 ~ R8.Resistance R1 is connected in parallel on after connecting with resistance R2 between rectification circuit D1 positive pole and negative pole, and the tie point of resistance R1 and resistance R2 is the sampled point of the first constant current unit, and is connected with the first constant current unit control end.In this example second branch road, the 2nd LED module by 4 LED form 2 × 2 array form, comprise LED21, LED22, LED31 and LED32, they connect in the mode of two groups of homopolarity parallel connections after two LED series aiding connections, as shown in Figure 2.2nd LED module anode connects rectification circuit D1 positive pole, and negative terminal is connected to rectification circuit D1 negative pole by the second constant current unit.Resistance R3 is connected in parallel on after connecting with resistance R4 between rectification circuit D1 positive pole and negative pole, and the tie point of resistance R3 and resistance R4 is the sampled point of the second constant current unit, and is connected with the second constant current unit control end.The 3rd LED module in this example the 3rd branch road by 9 LED form 3 × 3 array form, comprise LED41, LED42, LED43; LED51, LED52, LED53; LED61, LED62, LED63.These LED connect, see Fig. 2 in the mode of three groups of homopolarity parallel connections after three series aiding connections.3rd LED module anode connects rectification circuit D1 positive pole, and negative terminal is connected to rectification circuit D1 negative pole by the 3rd constant current unit.Resistance R5 is connected in parallel on after connecting with resistance R6 between rectification circuit D1 positive pole and negative pole, and the tie point of resistance R5 and resistance R6 is the sampled point of the 3rd constant current unit, and is connected with the 3rd constant current unit control end.In this example the 4th branch road, the 4th LED module by 16 LED form 4 × 4 array form, comprise LED71, LED72, LED73, LED74; LED81, LED82, LED83, LED84; Rectification circuit D1 negative pole LED91, LED92, LED93, LED94; LED01, LED02, LED03, LED04.These LED connect, see Fig. 2 in the mode of four groups of homopolarity parallel connections after four series aiding connections.4th LED module anode connects rectification circuit D1 positive pole, and negative terminal is connected to by the 4th constant current unit.Resistance R7 is connected in parallel on after connecting with resistance R8 between rectification circuit D1 positive pole and negative pole, and the tie point of resistance R7 and resistance R8 is the sampled point of the 4th constant current unit, and is connected with the 4th constant current unit control end.This routine rectification circuit D1 negative pole is common.
Be connected with electrical network by plug; this routine light-emitting device obtains alternating electromotive force, alternating current through protected location, and by rectification unit; be rectified into direct current (be sinusoidal wave pulse direct current strictly speaking, waveform as shown in Figure 5 a) and be supplied to voltage sampling unit, constant current unit and LED module.In each ac cycle T, rectification circuit D1 output voltage is started from scratch rising, when voltage raise reach the cut-in voltage of a LED module time, the first constant current unit is connected, and a LED module starts luminescence, enters operating state.Voltage continues to raise, and constant current unit 1 works with the constant current 20mA of setting, makes a LED module electric current reach 20mA rated current.When voltage rising reaches default shutoff voltage, the first constant current unit turns off, and a LED module quits work, and a LED module extinguishes, and the 2nd LED module starts luminescence, enters operating state.Voltage raises, and the second constant current unit works with the constant current 40mA of setting, makes the 2nd LED module electric current reach 40mA rated current.When voltage be elevated to the second constant current unit reach default shutoff voltage time, second constant current unit turns off, 2nd LED module quits work, 3rd LED module is started working, along with voltage raises, 3rd constant current unit works with the constant current 60mA of setting, makes the 3rd LED module electric current reach 60mA rated current.When voltage rising reaches default shutoff voltage, the 3rd constant current unit turns off, and the 4th constant current unit is connected, 4th LED module is started working, when voltage continues to raise, the 4th constant current unit works with constant current 80mA, makes the 4th LED module electric current reach 80mA rated current.Be the current waveform schematic diagram of this example as shown in Figure 5 b, electric current was multiplied in the different stages as seen from the figure, and its waveform convergence is sinusoidal.This routine light-emitting device is made to have very high efficiency and power factor.4th constant current unit also has defencive function, and when voltage exceedes default shutoff voltage, the 4th constant current unit turns off.LED module in whole light-emitting device all turns off, and protection light-emitting device is unlikely to damage.
LED array (the LED module of this example first branch road also can regard the LED array of 1 × 1 as) in this example in each LED module, can be that the LED be arranged on same printed circuit board is formed, or adopt integration packaging technology, their integration packaging is formed on same heat-radiating substrate, also can utilize integrated circuit technology, form they are integrated on the same semiconductor substrate.
Embodiment 2
Figure 3 shows that this routine circuit diagram, can find out, this example except LED modular structure and connected mode different from embodiment 1 except, other structures are identical with embodiment 1.Only be described with regard to the LED modular structure of four branch roads below, other structures and the course of work thereof refer to the description of embodiment 1, do not repeat for this reason herein.A LED module in this example first branch road is made up of a LED31, and a LED module anode is connected with rectification circuit D1 positive pole, and a LED module negative terminal is connected to rectification circuit D1 negative pole by the first constant current unit.The 2nd LED module in this example second branch road comprises LED31, LED32, and LED21, LED22 be totally 4 LED.When the first constant current unit turns off, these 4 LED form the array of 2 × 2, wherein LED31 and LED32 series aiding connection is one group, LED21 and LED22 series aiding connection is one group, these two groups of homopolarity parallel connections form the 2nd LED module, 2nd LED module anode is connected with rectification circuit D1 positive pole, and negative terminal is connected to rectification circuit D1 negative pole by the second constant current unit.This example the 3rd LED module comprises LED31, LED32, LED33, LED21, LED22, LED23, and LED11, LED12, LED13 be totally 9 LED.When the first constant current unit and the second constant current unit all turn off, these 9 LED form the array of 3 × 3, wherein LED31, LED32, LED33 series aiding connection is one group, LED21, LED22, LED23 series aiding connection one group, LED11, LED12, LED13 series aiding connection is one group, and these three groups of these examples of homopolarity form the 3rd LED module.3rd LED module anode is connected with rectification circuit D1 positive pole, and negative terminal is connected to rectification circuit D1 negative pole by the 3rd constant current unit.Same, when in Fig. 3, the first constant current unit, the second constant current unit and the 3rd constant current unit all turn off, LED31, LED32, LED33, LED34 of four groups of series aiding connections, LED21, LED22, LED23, LED24, LED11, LED12, LED13, LED14, LED01, LED02, LED03, LED04 form 4 × 4 LED array form the 4th LED module of this example, 4th LED module anode is connected with rectification circuit D1 positive pole, and negative terminal is connected to rectification circuit D1 negative pole by the 4th constant current unit.In this example, each subcircuits in the same manner as in Example 1, is also into multiple proportion, if the first branch current is I, other branch roads are followed successively by 2I, 3I and 4I.
LED in each LED module of this example have employed the mode that series and parallel connections combines, and part LED belongs to multiple LED module simultaneously.As in Fig. 3, LED31 belongs to all LED modules simultaneously, LED22 and LED32 belongs to second, third and the 4th LED module simultaneously, and LED33, LED23 and LED13 be the third and fourth LED module simultaneously.Adopt this multiplexing structure, greatly reducing the quantity of luminescence unit, reduce light-emitting device cost, and be conducive to overcoming scintillation.
Embodiment 3
As shown in Figure 4, this routine circuit diagram is compared with embodiment 2, and each LED module connected mode has done further optimization, and four LED modules in four branch roads are made up of 16 LED, adopts the matrix topology structure of 4 × 4.This example the one LED module is made up of totally LED01, LED11, LED21 and LED31 1 × 4 array that 4 LED in parallel are formed.This example the 2nd LED module by LED01, LED11, LED21, LED31,2 × 4 arrays compositions that LED02, LED12, LED22, LED32 LED that totally 8 series and parallels combine is formed.This example the 3rd LED module is by LED01, LED11, LED21, LED31, LED02, LED12, LED22, LED32, LED03, LED13, LED23, LED33 is totally 12 LED strip connection 3 × 4 array compositions be bonded in parallel, this example the 4th LED module is by LED01, LED11, LED21, LED31, LED02, LED12, LED22, LED32, LED03, LED13, LED23, LED33, LED04, LED14, LED24, LED34 is totally 16 LED strip connection 4 × 4 array compositions be bonded in parallel, the annexation of other parts and operation principle refer to the description of above-described embodiment.The maximum feature of this routine circuit is that each branch current is identical, and namely the electric current of all constant current unit settings is identical, is 4 times of a LED constant current drive current.
Through above-mentioned explaination in detail, can find out that voltage sampling unit monitoring input voltage of the present invention also has the defencive function to LED module simultaneously.When large fluctuation appears in alternating voltage time, constant current unit also can disconnect in time, and protection LED module does not damage because electric current is excessive.Constant current unit of the present invention can adopt resolution element and/or integrated circuit to form, and require to have switch control functions (can carry out turning off and connecting control), because physical circuit belongs to this area mature technology, the present invention is not described in detail.
It should be noted that; although above-described embodiment has described structure of the present invention in detail; but the present invention is not limited to above-described embodiment, every those skilled in the art without the replacing structure that creative work just can be expected, all belong to protection scope of the present invention from above-described embodiment.