EP1185147A1 - Spannungsversorgung von LED's für Beleuchtungszwecke - Google Patents
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- H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
- H05B45/00—Circuit arrangements for operating light-emitting diodes [LED]
- H05B45/20—Controlling the colour of the light
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- the present invention relates to a control circuit for at least one Light-emitting diode or for a light-emitting diode arrangement, on a light-emitting diode arrangement and a method for supplying a constant current source with a Supply voltage.
- FIG. 4 shows a control circuit as it is present in products manufactured by the company Color Kinetics are sold and essentially the US patent mentioned correspond.
- the transistor Q1 can only keep the output current constant as long as it is not oversaturated, ie as long as the voltage U CE between its collector and its emitter is greater than the saturation voltage U CESAT .
- the saturation voltage is usually between about 0.7 and 1.2 volts.
- the supply voltage U cc is therefore applied, which is clearly above the sum of the flux voltage at the light-emitting diode LED and the saturation voltage U CESAT .
- a safety margin is thus created in order to be able to reliably compensate for production-related or thermal tolerances or fluctuations in the flow voltage of the diode.
- a sufficiently large safety margin is thus added to the usual saturation voltage U CESAT .
- a control circuit is therefore provided for at least one light-emitting diode or light-emitting diode arrangement.
- the drive circuit has a constant current source, to which a supply voltage is applied and which has a transistor with a control connection and two output-side connections, the light-emitting diode or light-emitting diode arrangement being connected in series with one of the output-side connections of the transistor.
- a control loop is provided which detects the voltage drop between the two output-side connections of the transistor (U CE ) and / or between the output-side connection to which the light-emitting diode is connected in series and the control connection (U CB ).
- the supply voltage of the constant current source is then set in such a way that the voltage drop U CE between the two output-side connections of the transistor corresponds to a desired value which is above the saturation voltage U CESAT of the transistor.
- the transistor can be a bipolar transistor in which the voltage difference between the collector and the emitter is detected.
- the control loop can be a function for signal processing of the detected Have voltage drop.
- a light-emitting diode arrangement which has at least two groups of light-emitting diodes of different colors, wherein again each group has at least one light emitting diode.
- each group of light emitting diodes has a control circuit as described above intended.
- a method for regulating the supply voltage of a constant current source for at least one light-emitting diode has a transistor with a control connection and two output-side connections and the light-emitting diode is connected in series to one of the output-side connections of the transistor.
- the method has the step of detecting the voltage drop between the two output-side connections of the transistor U CE and / or between the output-side connection to which the light-emitting diode is connected in series and the control connection (U CB ).
- the supply voltage of the constant current source is set in such a way that the voltage drop between the two output-side connections of the transistor corresponds to a desired value which is above the saturation voltage U CESAT of the transistor.
- the detected voltage drop can be processed as a signal in the feedback loop.
- FIG. 1 shows a schematic view of a control circuit for an LED array 5, that several groups 10, 11, 12 each consisting of several red, green or has blue LEDs.
- entire LED array 5 supplied with constant current sources 2.
- Constant current sources 2 is a common feedback or control loop 6 provided that - as will be explained later - as the actual value Voltage drop at the output terminals of the transistor is detected and closed a power section 1 with regulated (adjustable) DC output voltage.
- the power section 1 supplies the constant current sources 2 with a regulated DC supply voltage.
- a sequence controller (controller) 9 is provided, which Target current by changing the voltage signals at the control connections of the Can set transistors of constant current sources 2.
- the structure of the constant current source 2 is shown in detail in FIG.
- essential Component of constant current source 2 is a transistor, here an npn bipolar transistor 3, the collector side with the light-emitting diode or a light-emitting diode arrangement 5 is connected and its emitter is connected to a measuring resistor (ohmic resistor) 4 connected is. Since the current through the measuring resistor 4 essentially the current through the LED 5 (the base current can be neglected), is the Voltage drop across the ohmic measuring resistor 4 is a direct function of the Diode current and can therefore be used to regulate the diode current by changing the Voltage at the control terminal (base) of transistor 3 can be used.
- the voltage difference between the collector and the emitter of the transistor 3 U CE must be greater than the saturation voltage U CESAT of the transistor 3 if it is to be able to withstand the current through the light-emitting diode even with a slightly fluctuating supply voltage U cc to keep constant.
- the voltage drop of the light-emitting diode 5 forward voltage
- the supply voltage U cc in the prior art would correspond exactly to the sum of the forward voltage of the light-emitting diodes 5 and the saturation voltage U CESAT of the transistor 3, there is the problem that the collector-emitter voltage U CE to the transistor 3 is below the saturation voltage U CESAT of the transistor 3 can drop if the forward voltage 5 of the LED is unexpectedly large due to its tolerance, for example, or rises over time. In this case of saturation, the transistor Q1 could no longer keep the diode current constant.
- the collector-emitter voltage and / or the collector base voltage as the actual value of the control loop 6 detected. It should be noted that the collector-emitter voltage differs from the collector base voltage only by the relatively constant amount (e.g. 0.6 volts) of the base-emitter voltage, since the base-emitter path is diode-like Has properties.
- the detected voltage signal is processed as an actual variable and fed to a comparator 8, to which the setpoint for the collector-emitter voltage and / or collector base voltage is also fed at an input 7.
- the comparator 8 then sends a control signal to the power unit 1, which has an AC / DC converter with a regulated output.
- the supply voltage U cc is changed such that the detected actual value corresponds to the target value.
- the setpoint U CE is selected somewhat above the saturation voltage U CESAT (generally between about 0.7 and 1.2 volts) transistor.
- the target value for the collector base voltage U CB is the value of the collector-emitter voltage U CE minus the voltage that drops across the base-emitter path of the transistor 3.
- the voltage drop across transistor 3 can be selected just above the saturation voltage U CESAT of transistor 3, so that the power loss and the heat development associated with transistor 3 is reduced can be.
- Figure 3 shows a modification of the principle of Figure 1 in that for each Group 10, 11, 12 of the red, blue and green light-emitting diodes of the LED array 5 one Constant current source 2 is provided, each of which has a feedback loop 6 for itself and has a power unit 1 for the supply voltage.
- the other Groups of light-emitting diodes of the LED array 5 are provided by their own constant current sources 2 'supplied, which have their own control loop and their own power section.
- sequence control 9 for everyone Constant current sources provided by appropriate lighting control of the various groups 10, 11, 12 of the light-emitting diodes of the LED array 5 various lighting effects, such as color transitions and the like can achieve.
- the Sequence control 9 can be controlled, for example, by a bus.
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- Fig. 1
- zeigt eine schematische Ansicht einer Ansteuerschaltung für LED's (genauer gesagt LED-Arrays), bei der die Konstant-Versorgungsspannung der Konstantstromquelle geregelt wird.
- Fig. 2
- zeigt eine detaillierte Ansicht der Schaltung von Figur 1,
- Fig. 3
- zeigt die Anwendung jeweils einer Konstantstromquelle, Versorgungsspannung und Regelschleife für je eine Gruppe an farbigen Leuchtdioden in einem LED-Array, und
- Fig. 4
- zeigt eine bekannte Ansteuerschaltung für Leuchtdioden für Beleuchtungszwecke.
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- Ansteuerschaltung für wenigstens eine Leuchtdiode bzw. Leuchtdioden-Anordnung, mit einer Konstantstromquelle (2), an die eine Versorgungsspannung (1) angelegt ist und die einen Transistor (3) mit einem Steueranschluss und zwei ausgangsseitigen Anschlüssen aufweist, wobei die Leuchtdiode (5) bzw. Leuchtdioden-Anordnung in Serie zu einem der ausgangsseitigen Anschlüsse des Transistors (3) geschaltet ist, gekennzeichnet durch
eine Regelschleife (6) zurErfassung des Spannungsabfalls (UCE, UCB) zwischen den beiden ausgangsseitigen Anschlüssen des Transistors (3) und/oder zwischen dem ausgangsseitigen Anschluss, zu dem die Leuchtdiode (5) in Serie geschaltet ist, und dem Steueranschluss, undEinstellung der Versorgungsspannung (1) der Konstantstromquelle (2) derart, dass der Spannungsabfall zwischen den beiden ausgangsseitigen Anschlüssen des Transistors (3) einem Sollwert entspricht, der oberhalb der Sättigungsspannung des Transistors (3) liegt. - Ansteuerschaltung nach Anspruch 1,
dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Transistor ein Bipolartransistor (3) ist und die Spannungsdifferenz zwischen dem Kollektor und dem Emitter erfasst wird. - Ansteuerschaltung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche,
dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Regelschleife (6) zur Signalaufbereitung des erfassten Spannungsabfalls (UCE, UCB) ausgebildet ist. - Leuchtdioden-Anordnung,
aufweisend wenigstens zwei Gruppen an Leuchtdioden (10, 11, 12) unterschiedlicher Farbe, wobei jede Gruppe wenigstens eine Leuchtdiode aufweist,
dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass für eine jede Gruppe an Leuchtdioden eine Ansteuerschaltung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche vorgesehen ist. - Verfahren Spannungsversorgung einer Konstantstromquelle für wenigstens eine Leuchtdiode,
wobei die Konstantstromquelle (2) einen Transistor (3) mit einem Steueranschluss und zwei ausgangsseitigen Anschlüssen aufweist und die Leuchtdiode (5) in Serie zu einem der ausgangsseitigen Anschlüsse des Transistors (3) geschaltet ist,
aufweisend die folgenden Schritte:Erfassung des Spannungsabfalls zwischen den beiden ausgangsseitigen Anschlüssen des Transistors (3) und/oder zwischen dem ausgangsseitigen Anschluss, zu dem die Leuchtdiode (5) in Serie geschaltet ist, und dem Steueranschluss, undEinstellung der Versorgungsspannung (1) der Konstantstromquelle (2) derart, dass der Spannungsabfall zwischen den beiden ausgangsseitigen Anschlüssen des Transistors (3) einem Sollwert entspricht, der oberhalb der Sättigungsspannung des Transistors (3) liegt. - Verfahren nach Anspruch 5,
dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der erfasste Spannungsabfall (UCE, UCB) in der Rückführschleife (6) signalaufbereitet wird.
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